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Moriah Ratner/InvestigateWestSurvivors, police frustrated with low convictions as reported sex trafficking soars in Oregon and Washington. -
Jackson County Sheriff鈥檚 OfficeSouthern Oregon and Northern California are historically popular places to grow cannabis. But recent challenges 鈥� including violence against undocumented workers and wage theft on illegal farms 鈥� have brought unwanted attention to the cannabis industry.
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Authorities from the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission visited Southern Oregon to hear from lawmakers, state officials and stakeholders Wednesday about the issues they expect to face with the cannabis market during 2022. -
Bar and restaurant employees in Oregon will be required to report suspected sex trafficking when a new law takes effect January 1st. -
Yesterday, the Josephine County Sheriff's department raided a ranch in the Illinois valley that is being investigated on charges of illegal marijuana cultivation, involuntary servitude, human trafficking and forced labor. -
Experts say the Supreme Court decision to restrict union organizers from farms could have an unintended consequence: an increase in labor trafficking of farmworkers. -
Slavery was outlawed a long time in the United States. But people controlling other people for financial gain is still a concern. Young women who have鈥� -
We like to think we're long past the days when people were forced into slavery or prostitution. But the stories of people who have been victims of human鈥� -
Slavery has long been illegal in the United States, but people are still forced to work and have sex against their will. Law enforcement continues to work鈥� -
It's still a bit hard to wrap our minds around the idea of human trafficking in the United States. But it does happen, and police keep uncovering new鈥� -
It is not easy to wrap our minds around the concept of human trafficking.But figures indicate it is a legitimate criminal concern, and a rapidly growing鈥�
