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States with the Highest Human Trafficking Numbers. California consistently has the highest human trafficking rates in the United States, with 1,334 cases reported in 2020. This is followed by Texas with 987 cases, Florida with 738 cases, and New York with 414 cases. These four states with the highest human trafficking rates have the highest ...
1 paź 2022 · widespread opinion that human trafficking mostly affects children in foster care. County level data indicates Orange (177), Miami-Dade (169), and Hillsborough (166) received the most reports followed by Broward (130) and Duval (111).
1 paź 2023 · Florida Abuse Hotline (Hotline) alleging one of the human trafficking maltreatments was 2,076 involving 1,627 children. Out of the 2,076 accepted reports, 1,862 (89.69 percent)
Data within the State Reports are consistent with the 2021 Report’s methodology. SCOPE: The Report’s findings are not a prevalence estimate of human trafficking in the United States, but instead serve as an objective summary of the federal response to combat human trafficking.
State law defines child abuse to include child sex trafficking for purposes of accessing child welfare services. For purposes of finding a child to be independent, Florida law expressly includes child sex trafficking within the definition of “abuse” through incorporation of the definition of “sexual abuse.”.
In SFY 2020-21, the total number of reports, accepted by the Florida Abuse Hotline (Hotline) alleging one of the human trafficking maltreatments was 2,289 involving 1,750 children.
To ensure the exhaustive identification of federal human trafficking cases, HTI collaborated with U.S. Attorney’s Offices across the country and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit and Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section.
