Portland has become a center for human trafficking for several reasons, said Keith Bickford, a Multnomah County sheriff's detective who heads the Oregon Human Trafficking Task Force. The city's ...

A bill recently passed through the Oregon senate aimed at increasing penalties for landowners with illegal cannabis grows ...

winning an Oregon House seat representing Gladstone ... attorney in charge of prosecuting cases from the Portland Police Bureau’s Human Trafficking Unit, disagrees that his policies harm sex ...

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 ...

The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Thuy Tran (D-Portland) and Sen. Kathleen Taylor (D-Portland), passed the Senate last week ...

A handful of Oregon theaters are screening “The Goonies,” in honor of the Oregon-made film’s 40th anniversary. Read online: https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/the ...

They all lived in Oregon or Washington, except for one person out of Florida. “There's a lot of human trafficking that ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Police Bureau’s Human Trafficking Unit carried out another mission last week, arresting or citing 12 people on charges related to Commercial Sexual Solicitation.

Democratic Congresswoman Janelle Bynum is on a town hall tour through Oregon’s fifth congressional district, and Tuesday’s stop was in Portland. A family in the Sellwood neighborhood is trying ...

In an effort to combat human trafficking, a recent sting operation in Northeast Portland led to the rescue ... individuals arrested were residents of Oregon. The two teenagers rescued during ...

According to the Portland police crime statistics report, the city is on track to see a dramatic rise in crime this year. The crime statistics only go up to May of this year so far, but the number ...

Oregon followed suit in 2007 ... Kristi Butcher, supervisor of the Portland Police Bureau’s Human Trafficking Unit, uses a police radio system to check in with fellow unit members during ...