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Human Trafficking Case Study

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The rights of children are protected by child labor laws and regulations, which ensure that children are employed in safe working conditions. While school is in session, 14 and 15 year olds are only able to work 15 hours a weekday 16 and 17 year olds are only able to work 30 hours a week. Florida has these set hours to make sure teens are not being over worked. An issue seen with this is how can Florida be sure that a workplace is providing the correct and truthful information with the teens work hours.

The National Human Trafficking hotline has stated that there have been 329 cases of human trafficking with 129 of them being minors as of June 30, 2017, in Florida. Florida is ranked third in the nation for human trafficking, with 30,000- 40,000 being runaway teens. The average age to be introduced to human trafficking is the age of 12. One out of every three missing children and forced into prostitution. …show more content…

•What can Florida due to lower the rate of teen runaways?

•What programs can Florida schools create to help inform kids and teens about human

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