Human trafficking doesn’t happen far from home. In Fort Myers and Cape Coral, it was operating inside the community, close to where people live, work, and raise families. Not distant. Not rare. Present.

The Southwest Florida INTERCEPT Task Force moved in with coordinated investigative support across two separate criminal organizations. What they found, they worked. What they worked, they closed.

Ten arrests. Two organizations dismantled. Victims removed from harm and placed into services.