Independence is a city of about 7,000 residents in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It is a suburb of Cleveland. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city, including cases of child sex trafficking. A wide range of other crimes occurring in the context of the sex trade have also been thoroughly documented in the […]
San Miguel County is one of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. It has a population of approximately 8,000 residents and its county seat is Telluride, CO. The county is named for the San Miguel River. Prostitution activity has historically been an issue in the City of Telluride and the greater county […]
Hocking County is a county of about 28,000 residents, located southeast of Columbus, Ohio. Its county seat is Logan. Child sexual exploitation has been documented in the county. For example, in March 2022, a Hocking County couple were charged with creating and distributing child sexual abuse materials (i.e., child pornography) of at least three minor […]
Hilliard is a city of under 40,000 residents in Franklin County, Ohio. It is a suburb of Columbus and part of Norwich Township. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. For example, two local massage parlors were shut down in 2019 after an investigation into prostitution […]
Hanoverton is a small village of about 300 residents in Hanover Township, located in eastern Ohio south of Salem in Columbiana County. Prostitution and child sexual exploitation have been documented in the township and surrounding areas. For example, in December 2017, three people were arrested by state police in a parking lot in Hanover Township […]
Carolina Beach is a small coastal town of approximately 6,000 residents in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Prostitution has been known to occur in the community, alongside related crimes of rape and child sexual abuse. In August 2017, a former Carolina Beach reserve police officer was convicted and sentenced to prison for posing as an […]
Erie County is a county of approximately 75,000 residents located in northern Ohio, about midway between Toledo and Cleveland. Its county seat is Sandusky. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county. For example, in 2019 a local massage business was raided as part of a multi-county sex trafficking investigation. The owner was […]
East Liverpool is a city of just under 11,000 residents in southern Columbiana County in the Upper Ohio Valley. Located along the Ohio River, it borders Pennsylvania to the east and West Virginia to the south. Prostitution and child sexual exploitation have been documented in the city and county, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. […]
Las Cruces is a city of approximately 113,000 residents in the southern part of the U.S. state of New Mexico, on the edge of the Chihuahuan Desert, situated along the New Mexico-Texas-Mexico border, near El Paso, TX. It is the largest city and county seat of Doña Ana County, NM. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity […]
Delaware County is a county of over 220,000 residents, located in central Ohio just north of Columbus. Its county seat is the city of Delaware. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. There have also been cases of drugs being connected to the commercial sex market, […]
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