Sex traffickers evade justice as child victims openly walk Pacific Northwest streets

Survivors, police frustrated with low convictions as reported sex trafficking soars in Washington and Oregon

Posted 11/30/23

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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Prosecutor clears southwest Washington deputy in fatal stabbing; Fogle family continues to challenge killing

Oregon voters have alarming view of the state, poll reveals

A customer slipped and fell at a Fred Meyer grocery store, then sued for a historic $36 million

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