An Oregon man arrested last month in an underage prostitution sting in Rapid City made his first appearance in court Monday morning. 

A Medford woman and a Woburn man have been arrested on charges of running a human trafficking ring, state Attorney General Martha Coakley announced Monday. 

Rebecca Bender moved into her boyfriend's house.  Nothing unusual there, right? She had only been seeing him for six months, but soon after she moved in, the beatings began. 

A nationwide effort by U.S. Marshals netted 345 arrests of convicted sex offenders who reportedly failed to register with their states as required by law.  

Hundreds packed the Kiggins Theater in Vancouver Thursday to see the story of 21-year-old Brianna. 

Many believe that PTSD is a disorder that exclusively affects war veterans; however, professionals like Licensed Master Social Worker, Margaret Howard, have learned that many survivors of human trafficking have undiagnosed PTSD symptoms. 

A 69-year-old Vancouver man is being held in Cambodia on child prostitution charges. 

The Oregon State Senate passed Senate Bill 673 Tuesday, a bill that gives law enforcement additional, more powerful tools to target human traffickers. 

An international sex trafficking ring that lured young women to New York and forced them into prostitution, was busted by authorities with the arrest of 13 people named in a federal indictment.  

A Maryland mother stands accused of trading sex with her teenage daughter to pay off a $5000 debt.  

A 35-year-old Tacoma, Washington resident was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release for interstate transportation of an individual for prostitution and conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan.  

A man alleged to be California's most active trader of child pornography was arrested Wednesday in an early morning raid on his Los Angeles home.  

A 21-year-old Great Neck, New York man was charged in a criminal complaint in the Eastern District of Michigan with Internet extortion and cyber stalking, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade. 

A youth soccer coach from Lee's Summit was charged Tuesday in federal court with using a hidden camera to record nude videos of girls on his team. 

An Oregon man who was identified as a pimp was sentenced Monday to four months in jail. 

A 24-year-old Portland man was arraigned Wednesday on a federal indictment charging him with sex trafficking of a 16-year-old girl. 

Olympia, Wash. - A comprehensive anti-trafficking bill is headed for a place in Washington State Law. 

Earlier this year during the Google Ideas INFO Summit, the Polaris Project was detailed.  An amazing project, it aims to utilize technology and data to protect, rescue and prevent human trafficking. 

Christian singer Kari Jobe is speaking in support of a new film, Not Today, which hopes to raise awareness of the global human trafficking problem.  

New Haven - High school senior Jo'Anna "JoJo" Sutton said she first became interested in the issue of sex trafficking after reading "Sold" by Patricia McCormick.  

Podcast - Oregon lawmakers are considering several different approaches to quell child sex trafficking in the state. Special guest, survivor Sara Hunt, Sergeant Mike Geiger, Lobbyist Joel Shapiro. 

Salem - Oregon lawmakers are working to improve the tools that cops and social workers can use to separate pimps from the children they exploit. 

Dyrell Swinson, 20, of Tacoma, Washington, was sentenced Monday in United States District Court in Boise to 4 years and 9 months in federal prison for his role in a child sex trafficking case, according to U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson. 

Pierce County prosecutors have charged a Tacoma man with raping and pimping a 15-year-old girl who says she was abducted in California and forced to work as a prostitute.  

On Saturday, March 2, just before midnight, Portland Police responded to reports of shots fired at an apartment complex at 16047 E. Burnside St. 

Students at five Portland Public high schools will get a quick education on the reality of human trafficking by a visiting author this week.  

Two anti-human trafficking organizations have partnered together to help raise awareness on behalf of a few young women who have gone missing and who had created modeling profiles on the networking site ModelMayhem.com.

In the charity world, the telethon appears ancient and the PSA feels trite  So what's next for advocacy and awareness? Gamification, so it seems. 

Olympia - The state Senate tackled the issue of sex trafficking Monday, passing two bills increasing penalties for the crime. 

Phoenix - Carolyn Jones used to work Van Buren Street.  She entered into the dark world of prostitution as a teenager. 

Bellevue, Wash. - Women were lured from Asia and forced into prostitution in Arizona, Illinois, Virginia and Washington, according to a federal indictment. 

"I was a college student on the track team when I got enslaved," said Shamere McKenzie, a former victim of human trafficking. 

Arthur Benjamin is sitting at the edge of a small stage, wearing a lavender Hawaiian shirt and nursing a bottle of San Miguel Light beer.  

The Washington state House has passed a measure to make it easier for women to clear their criminal records in cases where they were trafficked or forced into prostitution. 

Las Vegas - The state says it's fighting sex trafficking in a new way.