Portland Police Arrest 15 In Sex Trafficking Operation

Editor's Note: One or more names in this report have been redacted in light of additional documentation provided regarding this case.

Fifteen men are under arrest, charged with commercial sexual solicitation, as part of the Portland Police Bureau's ongoing undercover sex trafficking mission.

The bureau says they place online ads "on known sex trafficking websites" and wait for men to contact undercover police officers to arrange payment for sexual acts.

The bureau says that several local hotels assisted in the operation.

These are the men charged with commercial solicitation:

• 33-year-old Ravikumar Dojad of Beaverton, Oregon
• 47-year-old Chad Patrick Andrews of Ridgefield, Washington
• 20-year-old Danil Viktorovich Nyukeyev of Vancouver, Washington
• 53-year-old Cory Kevin Ryan of Everett, Washington
• 32-year-old Jeremy Merrell Tanner of Dayton, Oregon
• 33-year-old Juan Lopez of Portland, Oregon
• 24-year-old Gilberto David Luna Ramirez of Vancouver, Washington
• 33-year-old Gilles Marie Christian Barjon of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• 22-year-old Kurt Bryant Parker of Portland, Oregon
• 31-year-old Joel Osbely Garcia-Cruz of Vancouver, Washington
• (name removed)
• 22-year-old Charles Nijel Wilson II of Vancouver, Washington
• 30-year-old Matthew Allen Schrader of Johnson City, Oregon, was charged with Commercial Sexual Solicitation three separate times during this time frame for three separate incidents. He was booked into the Multnomah County Jail after the third arrest.
• 48-year-old Darrin R. Maxey of Vancouver, Washington, was charged with Commercial Sexual Solicitation two separate times during this time frame for two separate incidents.

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