By Kandra Kent - www.ktvz.com
BEND, Ore. - Across the country, more than 100 children saved. Sex slaves recovered as far away as New Jersey, and as close as Portland.
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Over the weekend more than 100 teens were rescued nationwide in a sex trafficking sting. But resources for those girls might be hard to come by now that they're free.
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Four alleged pimps were arrested and two teenage prostitutes were rescued in the Portland metro area this weekend during a nationwide sting by the FBI targeting people who profit from sex trafficking children.
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PORTLAND - Two teens were rescued and four pimps were arrested in the Portland area as part of a nationwide sex trafficking sting over the weekend.
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More than 100 teenagers - many of them children from broken home - were rescued over the weekend in a sex-trafficking crackdown that swept more than 70 cities, the FBI said Monday.
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A missing 15-year-old girl was held captive in a metal box on a California marijuana farm, where she was forced to work and used as a sex slave, according to a federal complaint filed this week.
Read MoreBy Sanne Specht - Mail Tribune
Child sex trafficking will end when the demand does, and local criminal justice officials and anti-trafficking advocates say new legislation should help to squash that demand in Oregon.
Read MoreBy Alana Abramson - abc News
A New York teenager who allegedly kidnapped a woman and held her as a sex slave for more than two weeks called the FBI almost daily during the woman's captivity to tell them he was involved in sex trafficking and had recently "recruited" a woman, according to court documents.
Read MoreBy Sara Jean Green - Seattle Times
A Kind County judge called a defense attorney's statements "ludicrous" when he argued Friday that his client was induced into sex by a 17-year-old working as a prostitute, a girl he claimed was a willing participant.
Read MoreBy Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
With an estimated 27 million people being trafficked around the world for sex and labor throughout the year, according to the State Department, it's not easy to crack down on the lucrative trade in people.
Read MoreBy Aimee Green - The Oregonian
A 26-year-old Portland pimp who repeatedly shouted expletives at the judge, prosecuters and jurors was declared a dangerous offender Friday for among other crimes, beating a 18-year-old woman he forced to work as a prostitute so badly she bled from her ears.
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