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Opening statements are expected Monday as prosecutors bring a convicted human trafficker to trial for the second time.
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Seattle Police say the story went like this. A 30-year-old man they suspected was a pimp, in the classic sense of the word, thought he was in for a big payday when he loaded three teenage girls into a van and drove them from Portland to a Seattle hotel on Monday of this week.
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Fifteen men were arrested as part of an undercover sex trafficking sting earlier this month, Portland Police said.
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Portland police set the scene: a room at a Portland area hotel with decoy officers posing as 19-year-old girls, an ad posted online with dozens of men responding.
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Sex trafficking in Portland is a big problem, so much so that some sources say the Rose City has the highest rate of juvenile sex trafficking in the country. It doesn't just happen to homeless teens, though they are one of the most vulnerable populations. It can happen to the girl next door too.
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According to the latest "Global Report on Trafficking in Persons" by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), compiled in 2014, human trafficking is pervasive worldwide, including in the United States.
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When David Romeil Cobbs was arrested April 8 on suspicion of promoting prostitution and human trafficking, it wasn’t the Californian’s first time visiting Bend.
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Jesse Fishkin is a member of Boy Scout Troop 25, working on earning his Eagle Scout ranking, the highest achievement in scouting. In doing so, he hopes to raise awareness of the human trafficking problem in Central Oregon.
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When 16-year-old runaway Anna Hernandez wanted to come home, the first person she reached out to wasn't a family member or a social worker.
It was Tina Mirati, a volunteer with Adorned in Grace Design Studio.
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A new human trafficking exhibit called "SOLD" at the Washington State University (WSU) campus in Richland aims to show people just how close to home the issue can be, according to WSU officials.
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It was supposed to be just a routine training seminar.
On Tuesday, March 22, the West Linn Police Department was hosting training for neighboring Clackamas County agencies on investigating human trafficking. As part of a demonstration, the investigators teaching the class had posted an advertisement on escort-related websites.
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