It happens almost anywhere. At bus stops, in motels and even on school campuses. Human trafficking isn't just an issue in major cities; it's a growing crisis in Oregon's communities. Around 150 people ...

Human trafficking epidemic spreads across interstate highways as victims become untraceable to law enforcement with organized ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill in an effort to crack down on human trafficking in illicit massage businesses. On Thursday, the Oregon House passed House Bill 3819, ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Central Oregon continues to benefit from the critical work and services of J Bar J Youth Services’ at:project (Anti Trafficking Project), which recently learned they have received ...

BELLEVUE, Wash. — A Federal Way man is in custody, accused of trafficking young girls from Oregon to Washington state. King County prosecutors have charged 25-year-old Ezra Wimana, of Federal Way, ...

SEATTLE — Prosecutor Ben Gauen recognized all the signs. He knew that the teenager who’d been screaming for help in the middle of a spring day on Aurora Avenue North — the “epicenter of sex ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Three suspected human traffickers were arrested in Wilsonville during a sting operation led by the West Linn Police Department on Feb. 7. The sting operation was carried out by ...

A Federal Way man who is accused of trafficking two girls from Oregon, 11 and 15 years old, after messaging them on Instagram and Snapchat has pleaded not guilty. The man, identified as Ezra Wimana in ...

Arrested by Bellevue police, the 25-year-old man faces two counts of trafficking in the second degree, two counts of promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor and one count of third-degree rape of ...

The 11-year-old wanted to make $1,000. The 15-year-old wanted $150 so she could get her fingernails done. A man called “Sleez” on Instagram told them he could help: If the girls came to Seattle from ...