Oswego is a city of approximately 16,000 residents and is the county seat of Oswego County, New York. The city is located on Lake Ontario in north-central New York. Prostitution and sexual exploitation have been documented in the area, including a case in which a landlord was sued for sexual harassment after coercing tenants into […]
Bainbridge Island is a small city of about 25,000 residents in Kitsap County, WA, across the Puget Sound from Seattle. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented problems in the city and surrounding areas for decades. One of the more serious issues related to the area’s commercial sex market is child trafficking. Among the tactics […]
Portage is a city in Kalamazoo County with a population of about 49,000 residents, located in southwestern Michigan. A number of serious crimes and other problems associated with the local prostitution market have been well-documented in the city of Portage and other areas of Kalamazoo County. For example, in 2017 a man charged in a […]
Kalamazoo County is a county located in the state of Michigan. As of 2020, the county population was over 261,000. The county seat is the city of Kalamazoo, with a population of about 76,000 residents, located in southwestern Michigan. A number of serious crimes and other problems are associated with the local commercial sex market […]
Cheektowaga is a town in Erie County, New York. It is located in the north-central part of the county and is a suburb of Buffalo. The town has a population of approximately 77,000 and is the second-largest suburb of Buffalo after the Town of Amherst. Sex trafficking and prostitution have been well documented in the […]
Symmes Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio. It is located in the southwestern corner of the state, and its population is roughly 15,000. Sex traffficking and prostitution have been well documented problems throughout Hamilton County for decades, including in Symmes Township. For example, in June 2018, several agencies including the FBI raided […]
Hamilton County is located in southwestern Ohio and has approximately 830,000 residents. The largest city and county seat is Cincinnati, OH. A wide range of problems stemming from the local commercial sex market have been documented such as the kidnapping, rape, assault, and homicide of prostituted women. This activity and its ancillary crimes have resulted […]
St. Regis Falls is a census-designated community within Franklin County, New York. It is located at the north end of the town of Waverly, along the north side of the St. Regis River, a tributary of the St. Lawrence River. It has a total area of 1.29 square miles and a population of approximately 400 residents. […]
Palm Desert is a city of about 52,000 residents in California’s Coachella Valley, in Riverside County near Palm Springs. Prostitution is a well-documented problem in Palm Desert, and throughout the county. In February 2015, four women were arrested during a prostitution sting in Palm Desert. Deputies from several specialized investigation teams set up the sting […]
Assumption Parish is located in south-central Louisiana, west of New Orleans, and its population is approximately 21,000. Its parish seat is the city of Napoleonville. To combat consumer-level demand for prostitution, the Assumption Sheriff’s Office has assisted local police departments and other Parish sheriff’s offices in conducting reverse stings. For example, they have assisted the […]
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