human trafficking

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South Carolina's annual human trafficking report reveals 2025 state numbers

Luis-Alfredo Garcia

A reported 315 tips with more than 300 "potential victims" were investigated by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. Investigations spanned across 41 of the state's 46 counties.

37-year-old Justina, a survivor of sex trafficking, shares a heart tattoo on her arm. The semi-colon represents suicide prevention as she says she tried to take her life several times because she was ashamed of the way she was living.

SC News

A Lowcountry task force fighting human trafficking is changing lives

Victoria Hansen

The Tri-County Human Trafficking Task Force relies on volunteers and local partnerships to help victims of sex and labor trafficking find better lives.

Podcasts

South Carolina Morning Headlines

Thelisha Eaddy

Jan. 14, 2025

Members of the South Carolina Human Trafficking Task Force participate in the July 20 episode of Palmetto Perspectives dedicated to understanding and fighting human trafficking which has become a growing problem in the state.

Podcasts

SC Lede: Human Trafficking in SC

Gavin Jackson

August 1, 2023 — On this special episode, we bring you important conversations from SCETV's recent Palmetto Perspectives program on human trafficking in South Carolina.

SC Attorney General Alan Wilson during press conference Friday delivering findings from Annual HumanTrafficking Task Force Report

SC News

Horry, Greenville, Richland, Dorchester, & Chas. Counties Lead in Reported Human Trafficking Cases

Thelisha Eaddy

A 360% increase in the total number of trafficking victims was recorded in South Carolina in 2019. There was also an increase in the number of human…

SC News

Greenville Nonprofit Sets Former Trafficked Sex Workers on the Path to Healing

Scott Morgan

Jasmine Road. Think of it as a path towards healing for women who once thought their lives of prostitution and other sex work were normal.The women who…