Ketchikan is an Alaskan city of about 8,000 residents in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. It is located along the Inside Passage, a popular cruise route along the state’s southeastern coast. Ketchikan is known as the “First City” of Alaska because it is the first city you arrive at while taking the inside passage north. For this […]
The Village of Brewster is located within Putnam County, NY, and is included in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is situated in the lower Hudson River Valley region and has a population of less than 3,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been widespread, persistent, and well-documented problems throughout the county, including […]
Sunnyside is a city of approximately 16,000 residents in Washington state, located in Yakima County, WA. While prostitution and sex trafficking are not significant issues in the city, instances of their occurrence have been documented. Among the more serious crimes associated with the city’s commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. In efforts to reduce […]
Medina is a mostly residential city of approximately 2,900 residents in Washington state, located in Eastside, King County, WA. The city is on a peninsula in Lake Washington, on the opposite shore from Seattle, WA. While prostitution is not a significant issue in the city, instances of its occurrence have been reported. Among the more […]
Skamania County is a county of approximately 12,000 residents located in Washington state. The county seat and largest incorporated city is Stevenson, WA. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in its incorporated communities and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to […]
Jefferson County is a county located in Washington State with a population of approximately 34,000 residents. Its county seat is Port Townsend. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county, with local brothels in Port Townsend dating back to the 1800s. These activities and their ancillary crimes have generated complaints to […]
Rainier is a city of approximately 2,000 residents, located in Columbia County, OR. It is positioned along the south bank of the Columbia River across from Kelso and Longview, Washington. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the area. For example, in 2013, a man wanted in a sex trafficking case in Seattle was […]
Chelan County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington, of approximately 80,000 residents. The county seat and largest city is Wenatchee, WA. Prostitution is documented to have occurred in the county since the 1800s, and efforts to combat prostitution in the city date back to the 1930s. More recently, there have been cases […]
Kalama is a city of approximately 3,000 residents in Cowlitz County, WA. It is part of the Longview, WA metropolitan statistical area. Instances of prostitution have been documented in the city and surrounding areas. Among the more serious issues associated with the area’s commercial sex market are child sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation. For […]
Kelso is a city of approximately 13,000 residents and is the county seat of Cowlitz County, WA. Kelso is part of the Longview, WA metropolitan statistical area. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and in surrounding areas. Among the more serious issues associated with the area’s commercial sex market […]
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