Three suspected human traffickers were arrested in Wilsonville during a sting operation led by the West Linn Police ...

They all lived in Oregon or Washington, except for one person out of Florida. “There's a lot of human trafficking that happens in Portland,” said Esther Nelson-Garrett, CEO of Safety Compass.

Oregon law currently allows 17 year olds to marry with consent from a parent or guardian. A bill being considered would ...

Ahead of the scheduled vote today, critics of the budget have warned that should the budget get approved, it would result in ...

They all lived in Oregon or Washington, except for one person out of Florida. “There's a lot of human trafficking that happens in Portland,” said Esther Nelson-Garrett, CEO of Safety Compass.

Sollman, a Hillsboro Democrat, has teamed up with two of her Republican colleagues to sponsor a bill she says they all agree ...

Fraidy Reiss, founder of Unchained at Last, told lawmakers that current Oregon law has created a workaround for statutory rape laws and human trafficking laws "Sex with a 17-year-old is a crime in ...

Oregon’s 17-year-olds aren’t old enough ... and they may be forced into human trafficking. Some states, including Idaho, allow children as young as 16 to marry with a parent’s consent.

Trafficking is an issue everywhere — according to the Oregon Department of Justice, it’s one of the fastest-growing criminal industries globally. Human trafficking, considered a form of modern ...

“We also during these missions collected a bunch of information in regards to other human trafficking investigations,” Benner ... though some were from outstate Oregon and Washington. One was from ...