Several years ago, the U. Justice Department commissioned a survey of prostitution in eight major U. Some Miami findings:. Most enforcement efforts these days focus on services advertised online β most particularly on human trafficking. In Broward County, which has a population of 1. Miami- Dade County police, who cover 1. All of Hillsborough β 1. They come from other counties. Last year, a federal judge in south Florida sentenced yearold Spanish immigrant Miguel A. He imported women from Spain, Colombia, Venezuela and Latin America to complement his Miami-area women, buying the women plane tickets and helping them with immigration paperwork and through Customs.
Hernandez already had been sentenced to six years in prison in Spain for immigration fraud but skipped to the United States without serving his sentence.
He prostituted at least three minors. Justice Department released in Taking the business online is easier, pays better and is safer in terms of assaults and arrests for prostitutes than streetwalking.
From roadways to airports, Florida is expected to be crowded with those both coming and going over the Thanksgiving holiday and into the weekend. Art talk programs, art exhibits and special performances will have museum visitors second guessing themselves about art with most of activities starting as early as Sunday, Dec.
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