Portland’s dark world of child sex trafficking

Washington Times, by Michal Elseth Posted By: Ribicon- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:44:59 GMT Portland, Ore., is widely featured as a young, green, hip city; it also has gained a reputation as a national hub for child sex trafficking. State police report encountering three to five trafficking victims a week. Although the Sexual Assault Resource Center, an advocacy group that offers services to Portland'area victims, estimates that it handled 75 cases in 2009, it also says that for every girl in its system 10 more are still being exploited. "I just believe with my whole heart that people across the community would be appalled if they knew what was going on," said Sgt. Mike Geiger

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