Human trafficking in Florida

Human trafficking in Florida is the illegal trade of human beings for sexual exploitation or forced labor as it occurs in the state of Florida. After California and New York, Florida has the most human trafficking cases in the United States.[1] Florida has had cases of sex trafficking, domestic servitude, and forced labor.[2]

Florida has a large agricultural economy and a large immigrant population, which has made it a prime environment for forced labor,[2] particularly in the tomato industry. Also Florida's tourism industry has also helped make the state a prime target for human traffickers. Concerted efforts have led to the freeing of thousands of slaves in recent years.[3] The National Human Trafficking Resource Center reported receiving 1,518 calls and emails in 2015 about human trafficking in Florida.[4]

Anti-trafficking laws and policies

The United States Congress passed the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act in 2000, which not only criminalizes human trafficking but aims to support its victims.[5] In 2002, the Florida Department of Children and Families Office of Refugee Resettlement began a project to explore how Florida could implement this new law.[2]

Statewide Council on Human Trafficking

The Florida Legislature started the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking, which will spend two years developing policy recommendations for curbing human trafficking by prosecuting offenders and providing services to victims.[6] The council includes fifteen members, including prosecutors, legislators, health experts, social services experts, and former Attorney General Pam Bondi as Chair.[7]

The council will work toward creating recommendations for certifying safe homes for victims of human trafficking and for prosecuting traffickers who participate in the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons through coercion.[7]

Florida farmworkers

Federal Civil Rights officials have prosecuted five slavery operations involving over 1,000 workers in Florida's fields since 1997.[8] In November 2002, Ramiro Ramos, his brother Juan, and their cousin Jose Luis, sub-contractors of a farm in Immokalee, Florida, were charged ten—twelve years each for holding migrant workers in involuntary servitude.[9] The human trafficking ring was uncovered by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a local organization that focuses on human rights of the Mexican and Central American immigrants in the region who are exploited for cheap or unpaid labor.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cordner, Sascha (August 22, 2014). "What Might Future Florida Human Trafficking Legislation Look Like For 2015?". Florida State University. WFSU.
  2. ^ a b c Coonan, Terry S. (2003). "Human Rights in the Sunshine State: A Proposed Florida Law on Human Trafficking". Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 31 (2). Archived from the original on 2014-09-09. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  3. ^ "The Unsavory Story Of Industrially-Grown Tomatoes". NPR. Archived from the original on 2023-07-10.
  4. ^ "United States Report: 1/1/2015 – 12/31/2015" (PDF). National Human Trafficking Resource Center. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  5. ^ Candes, Michael R. (Fall 2011). "The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000: Will it Become the Thirteenth Amendment of the Twenty-First Century?". The University of Miami Inter-American Law Review. 23 (3): 571–603. JSTOR 23317741.
  6. ^ Jordan, Gina (August 18, 2014). "Florida Starts First Human Trafficking Council". Miami Herald News. WLRN/MDCPS. WLRN. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Statewide Council on Human Trafficking". Florida Attorney General. Office of the Attorney General of Florida. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  8. ^ Facts and Figures on Florida Farmworkers
  9. ^ a b Bowe, John (April 21, 2003). "Nobodies: Does slavery exist in America?". The New Yorker. Retrieved 9 September 2014.


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