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from https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2026/05/police-find-6-teenage-human-trafficking-victims-in-east-portland.html

Police find 6 teenage human trafficking victims in east Portland
Published: May. 07, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
82nd Avenue in Portland
Looking south, traffic moves along Southeast 82nd Avenue near Southeast Woodward Street in Portland, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. Construction
barriers close a lane in the distance.Mark Graves/The Oregonian

By Sophia Cossette | The Oregonian/OregonLive
Portland police say they have helped six girls who are victims of human trafficking, ages 13 to 17, connect with resources to escape from their traffickers.

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The Portland Police BureaurCOs Human Trafficking Unit found the victims
during enforcement activity along the 82nd Avenue corridor starting on Wednesday, April 15, according to police.

Each girl has been offered support to get away from their traffickers
through city services and victimsrCO advocates, police said. The Oregon Department of Human Services was also called in to help reunite some
victims with out-of-state families or place them into foster care.

On Wednesday, the Portland City Council approved an ordinance that seeks
to hold business owners accountable for human trafficking, drug
trafficking and other crimes that take place on and near their
properties, particularly those along 82nd Avenue.

Sophia Cossette
Sophia Cossette is a breaking news reporter on the Express Team.

SCossette@oregonian.com
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