An InvestigateWest review found at least 30 people charged with trafficking without evidence of selling or distribution. They face mandatory minimum prison terms.
InvestigateWest went shopping at a Value Village in Seattle to see what we would find. Despite claims that our purchase would benefit local charities, when we did the math to compare what we paid to what one of Savers' typical contracts with a charity partner in Washington would receive, only pennies on the dollar of our do-good purchase actually, well, did good.
Photography by Paul Joseph Brown for InvestigateWest.
Jason was InvestigateWest's associate director. A veteran of technology projects and online strategy for the nonprofit sector, he is a graduate of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and Graduate School of Journalism.
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An InvestigateWest review found at least 30 people charged with trafficking without evidence of selling or distribution. They face mandatory minimum prison terms.
