PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has handed down lengthy federal prison sentences to three men involved in a brutal drug trafficking and kidnapping scheme. Mario Espino, 25 ...

Marjorie Saylor is on a mission to stop and prevent human trafficking, because she was a victim herself. "My experience started when I was very young. Sexual abuse in the home.

A recently published Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury report found that human trafficking in the county goes largely unrecognized and unreported, which is reflected at the state and federal levels.

They were part of a panel discussion at the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force symposium in Tustin on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) ...