TACOMA, Wash. -- The mother of a runaway teen
is being credited with breaking up a Puget Sound human-trafficking ring.
Two suspects were in court on Tuesday, and a
third turned himself in to Tacoma police Tuesday night.
Investigators have uncovered at least two
teenage victims and believe there could be more.
Charging papers say the three operated a sophisticated human trafficking ring using motels along the I-5 corridor mainly in Tacoma, but stretching from Everett through Olympia.
Charging papers say the three operated a sophisticated human trafficking ring using motels along the I-5 corridor mainly in Tacoma, but stretching from Everett through Olympia.
Police
say they use the marketing website backpage.com and craigslist to market the
girls for sex. The mother of one of those victim's found her daughter's photo
on backpage.com and took it upon herself to get her daughter back. (KomoNews.com, Jan 27, 2015)
