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Human Trafficking in Oregon

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Evening News
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Wed, 05/20/2009

Multnomah county has become one of the top spots in the nation for human trafficking.

County sheriff Keith Bickford reports that in Oregon, police are encountering three to five people per week who are victims of trafficking.

Eighty percent of the victims of this slave trade are women and half are children.

Washington State Crime Victims Advocacy names Portland as one of the main hubs in human trafficking between Seattle and California, because of the city’s ports and location.

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