By Martha Bellisle - www.rgi.com
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a man described by a prosecutor as a "guerrilla pimp" to 14 years in prison for bringing a 15-year-old girl from Bakersfield, Calif., to Reno to work as a prostitute.
Read MoreIn the news stories below, we illustrate local and global impact of human trafficking and the undeniable need to tackle these concerns through compassionate, collaborative action.
By Martha Bellisle - www.rgi.com
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a man described by a prosecutor as a "guerrilla pimp" to 14 years in prison for bringing a 15-year-old girl from Bakersfield, Calif., to Reno to work as a prostitute.
Read MoreBy Maxine Bernstein - The Oregonian
Six years after Oregon adopted a law against labor trafficking and 13 years after Congress made forced labor a federal crime, not one case has been prosecuted in Oregon.
Read MoreBy Katie Hunt - www.cnn.com
Where in the world are children toiling dangerous and dirty conditions, missing out on education and other basic rights?
Read MoreBy Paul Craig - FOX 12 Oregon
A former Oregon State Police detective accused of having sex with a prostitute while on duty will spend one week behind bars.
Read MoreBy Nicholas Kristof - www.nytimes.com
When men paid Shelia Faye Simpkins for sex, they presumably thought she was just a happy hooker engaging in a transaction among consenting aduts.
Read MoreBy Lawrence Delevingne - www.nbcnews.com
Virtually all investors have fled Portland, Oregon-based Common Sense Investment Management following the arrest of founder Jim Bisenius for soliciting a prostitute, sources close to the matter said.
Read MoreBy Rachel Schaerr - www.wset.com
For three long years she was raped, beaten, and forced into the world of sex trade.
Read MoreBy Maxine Bernstein - The Oregonian
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Read MoreBy Stella Dawson - www.trust.org
Drugs gangs increasingly are turned to the child sex trade in the Washington area, finding that prostituting teenagers is far more profitable than dealing in drugs or weapons, according to U.S. prosecutors quoted in the Washington Post on Monday.
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Two men and a woman were charged yesterday for human trafficking and pimping out a minor girl who was lured through Facebook.
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Beijing - Chinese police have rescued 92 children and two women kidnapped by a gang for sale and arrested 301 suspects, state media said on Saturday, in one of the biggest busts of its kind in years.
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