At 2 p.m. the U.S. Attorney for North Florida will present his case to keep David C. Williams detained. The Pensacola man, 41, has been charged with trafficking women from Asia and…
Tag: Human Trafficking
State moves to bolster human trafficking fight
By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis could soon sign legislation that creates a statewide registry for pimps and johns in an effort to crack down…
Gaetz tackles human trafficking in NWFL
This morning Congressman Matt Gaetz called together the top local, state and federal law enforcement officials, including Escambia County David Morgan, Walton County Sheriff Mike Atkinson and U.S. Attorney Larry Keefe, and…
Florida sees rise in human trafficking cases
National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) recently released 2015 data from its hotline. In 2015, 407 cases of human trafficking were reported to the NHTRC from Florida, which is up from the…
Help Find Tiffany Daniels
On Tuesday evening, I hosted an online radio show for Columbia Southern University. The topic was human trafficking and my guest was CSU criminal justice instructor Barry Goodson. Human trafficking is a…
Human Trafficking 2007 and 2014
In June 2007, “Shauna’s Story of Slavery,” written by IN reporter Mari S. Krueger, told the story of Shauna Newell, age 17, who woke up, her clothes torn from her, a man…
WEAR picks up IN human trafficking story
Of course, we did the story two years ago – Shauna’s Story of Slavery. At the time we got national attention – CBS News and Air America Radio. Last year, NBC and…
The New Slavery
On the Monday, Jan. 14 edition of IN Your Head Radio, I interviewed Sarah Andert of the Gambit Weekly in New Orleans about her article of how immigrants were forced to work…
Human trafficking reported again
On June 7, the IN reported on human trafficking in Northwest Florida (Shauna’s Story of Slavery ). At the time the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office denied there was a problem in the…
Slavery – No Longer Global Family Secret
The State Department agrees that slavery is a problem. Should we send this to “Newsy Neighbors”? U.S. Releases Report on Modern-Day Slavery; Rice Says Problem No Longer a “Global Family Secret” WASHINGTON…
America’s Dirty Little Secret
The weekly newspaper “The Florida Catholic” did a story on human trafficking in this week’s edition that is distributed statewide. The article – “America’s dirty little secret exposed” – has many of…