DeSantis goes easy on hotel sex trafficking violations
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has declined to issue fines after over 14,000 violations of a sex trafficking law by Florida hotels and lodging establishments.
An investigation published on Sunday by the Sun Sentinel found that 6,669 hotels and other lodging establishments had received 14,279 citations since a 2019 sex trafficking law required them to make modest changes to protect victims.
In one case, The Plaza Hotel was cited five times after a 17-year-old girl was choked because she would not turn over all her earnings to her sex trafficker.
The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation told the