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2019 Human Trafficking Awareness Day

January 11th marks National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, a day to shine light on an issue that has devastating impacts on communities as close as in our own neighborhoods.  In fact, Florida ranks 3rd in the nation for the number of active criminal human trafficking cases, with 367 cases reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline as of June 30, 2018.   Workers

Tampa Bay Community Comes Together to Engage in End Human Trafficking Conversation

Tampa, FL (September 6, 2018) – Human Trafficking is a form of slavery that occurs in every state, including Florida. According to specific statistics from Lutheran Services Florida of the trafficking cases – 80 percent are labor trafficking, 15 percent are minor trafficking and 5 percent are sex trafficking. Statewide there were 604 human trafficking