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Between 30 and 50 people have been threatened with injury or death if they reveal they have been trafficked, First Union claims.
Since 2018 the AFP has received 247 reports of forced labour and exploitation–increasing almost 140 percent.
‘Sixteen percent of these total arrests were people who should not even have been in this country,’ Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.
Anita Chen, who is running for House Representative, is passionate about combating human trafficking.
Tim Tebow is proposing legislation to create a expert team that will focus on finding and rescuing 50,000 unidentified victimised children.
Polk County Sheriff said his department has identified ‘58 potential victims of human trafficking in one year,’ the most ever.
Senate Bill 1231 would have allowed state officials to fine and imprison illegal immigrants entering the state from Mexico.
Among the rescued were 54 adults and 11 minors.
