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Three Washington State Senate bills aim to increase awareness of human trafficking and help agencies coordinate efforts to confront the problem.
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Holly Austin Smith was 14 when she was approached by a man in a shopping mall who promised her a life of glamour and excitement if she ran away with him. Instead, he took her to Atlantic City and forced her into prostitution.
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The Senate approved legislation Thursday to outlaw the practice of posting naked photos of an ex-girlfriend or boyfriend online.
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You might feel out of your element bowling with the feds, but the FBI Bowl-a-thon is open to all, raising money in Beaverton for a good cause.
Organized by the Oregon chapter of the FBI Citizens Acadmey Alumni Association (which, to be fair, isn't really the FBI), the Bowl-a-thon is a thrice- annual fundraiser for human trafficking survivors.
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The City and County of San Francisco, together with the cities of Atlanta, Denver, Houston, Philadelphia, and Portland, Ore., has filed a friend of the court brief in support of a federal lawsuit against Backpage.com, a prominent national website known for posting "escort" advertisements, for allegedly promoting sex trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
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Beaverton police on Wednesday rescued a 16-year-old sex trafficking victim from Portland and arrested a Las Vegas-area man for promoting prostitution.
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KOIN 6 News recently reported on the death of sex trafficking victim Ashley Benson, and now a group of local teenagers are taking the issue of sex trafficking to center stage.
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Boston organizations have joined advocates from 10 other cities this week in launching a campaign to reduce demand for commerical sex by 20 percent in two years, according to a Feb. 4 press release.
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President Barack Obama implored viewers of the Grammy awards on Sunday night to help stop sexual violence.
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A group dedicated to saving young women from forced prostitution took a very public stand Friday, lining Interstate-5 off-ramps for hours in the rain.
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Ashley Benson's parents believe their daughter was victimized three times: first by a pimp, second by a killer and third by those who said she wasn't a victim.
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