The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 » defines sex trafficking as the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision or obtaining of a person for a commercial sex act. It has since been revised twice to include the production of child porn, and that the defense “I didn’t know how old the victim was” will no longer hold in a court of law.
It also acknowledges that demand for commercial sex is the primary cause of human trafficking and that we will not be able to eliminate it without addressing the demand.
Report Trafficking Behavior
For more information, please visit the National Human Trafficking Resource Center » or call 1-888-373-7888.
Definition of Exploitation
The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) is any activity where the child is treated as a commercial and sexual object to be used, sold or traded in exchange for something of value.
For more information, please visit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children » or call 1-800-THE-LOST.
County Trafficking Intervention Coordinators
If you are curious about efforts being done in your county or how to get involved, please contact your county team lead or the statewide trafficking intervention coordinator Amanda Monaco at CombatingTrafficking@doj.state.or.us.
Clackamas County
Task Force: Clackamas County Sex Trafficking Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)
Lead: Tanell Tucker, tanell@safetycompass.org, 971-645-2574
Co-lead: Rusty Amos, RussellAmo@co.clackamas.or.us, 503-655-8470
Deschutes County
Task Force: Deschutes County Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) Response Team
Lead: Monica Desmond, mdesmond@jbarj.org, 541-410-8327
Co-lead: Ashley Beatty, Ashley.Beatty@dcda.us, 541-317-3186
Douglas County
Task Force: Douglas County CSEC Response Team
Lead: Marion Kotowski, MarionKotowski@chiwest.com, 541-677-6531
Klamath County
Task Force: Klamath County Trafficking Task Force
Lead: Christy David, christy.david@martashouse.org, 541-884-0309
Lane County
Task Force: Lane County CSEC MDT
Lead: Tamara LeRoy, intervention@sass-lane.org, 541-484-9791
Co-lead: Sarah Stewart, Sarah@kidsfirstcenter.net, 541-682-3938
Malheur County
Task Force: Tri-County Again Trafficking Task Force “TCAT”
www.tcatt.org
Lead: Charlee Clarke, Charlee@projectdoveor.org
Marion County
Task Force: Marion County Human Trafficking Task Force
Lead: Esther Nelson, esther@safetycompass.org
Co-lead: Tiffany Underwood, tunderwood@co.marion.or.us, 503-373-4381
Multnomah County
Task Force: Multnomah County Sex Trafficking Collaborative
Lead: Natalie Weaver, Natalie.Weaver@multco.us, 503-988-8371
Washington County
Task Force: Washington County Human Trafficking Task Force
Lead: Allie Martin, allie@safetycompass.org, 971-235-0021
Co-lead: Allison Brown, Allison_brown@co.washington.or.us, 503-846-8671
We recognize that people experiencing crime have varied needs. For information about other resources that may be helpful to you, please see 211info.org ».