Will Florida's new trafficking hotline clash with the established national hotline?

Posted by Quest2Freedom on May 28th 2024

Will Florida's new trafficking hotline clash with the established national hotline?

Florida is one of the first states in the country to develop its own human trafficking hotline, mandated by a new state law. That happened after a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general asked Congress to look into the National Human Trafficking Hotline, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Their complaint is that the national hotline doesn’t report enough of its cases to law enforcement.

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WFSU | By Margie Menzel Published May 27, 2024 at 4:22 PM EDT