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    Shining a Light on the Dark Side of Human Trafficking: HeartDance Foundation’s Fight for Justice

    Author: Gayle Guyardo

    Published: Jan 17, 2025 / 10:51 AM EST

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    Tampa woman has been fighting human trafficking for decades

    Author: Jenny Dean

    Published: 9:00 AM EST December 28, 2023

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    Nonprofit’s outreach to Tampa Bay strip clubs offers help, hope to women who may be sex trafficking victims

    Author: Kylie McGivern

    Published: February 05, 2021

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In effort to combat human trafficking, volunteers conduct outreach inside Tampa strip clubs

We don't usually get an up close and personal look at human trafficking. After all, selling someone else for sex is illegal, so it's done in secret or under the guise of something else. 10 Tampa Bay got exclusive access this past Saturday as volunteers with the foundation HeartDance went from strip club to strip club in the city of Tampa. The volunteers say it's part of their mission to stop and prevent sex trafficking and because strip clubs can be a gateway to a lifetime of exploitation, they meet women working in the clubs.