A Daytona-area man who admitted to sex trafficking two women by force, fraud, or coercion was sentenced to 327 months in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier outlined new arrests, a human trafficking conviction heading to sentencing, and an added felony charge tied to an ongoing capital sex crimes investigation.
A Mexican national accused of helping run a forced labor scheme that exploited H-2A farmworkers across the Southeast has been extradited to Florida after a years-long investigation led by the Palm Beach County Human Trafficking Task Force.
Brandon Gutman of Boca Raton was arrested for sex trafficking and exploiting at least 3 young girls in Boca Raton.
A Boca Raton man was arrested for human trafficking after a Cuban woman says she was forced to have sex with men to pay him for being in the US.