Cowlitz County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington and has a population of approximately 116,000 residents. Its county seat is Kelso and its largest city is Longview. Instances of prostitution have been documented in the county. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated complaints to local law enforcement from residents […]
Schodack is a town of approximately 13,000 residents in Rensselaer County, New York. It is part of upstate New York’s Capital District region surrounding Albany, along with the towns of Colonie, Clifton Park, and Rotterdam. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county and surrounding areas. There is at least one recorded instance of law enforcement conducting […]
Rotterdam is a town of approximately 23,000 residents in Schenectady County, New York. It is part of upstate New York’s Capital District region surrounding Albany, along with the towns of Colonie, Clifton Park, and Schodack. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county and surrounding areas. There is at least one recorded instance […]
Spokane County is a county located in the Northeastern corner of Washington state, near the Idaho border, and has a population of approximately 546,000 residents. Spokane, WA, is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, WA, it is also is the second largest city in the state. Prostitution has been a persistent and […]
Spokane Valley is a city in Spokane County, Washington, located east of Spokane, and west of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. It is the largest suburb of Spokane with a population of approximately 106,000 residents. The community incorporated as the City of Spokane Valley on March 31, 2003. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented […]
Brunswick is a town in Cumberland County, Maine. It is located on the southeastern coast of the state, and its population is about 20,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented problems throughout the county for decades, including in the city of Brunswick. For example, in March, 2014, police learned of a 19 year […]
East Hempfield Township is a community in west-central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with a population of roughly 24,000. Prostitution has a long history within the county, as documented in historical documents dating back to the 1880s and through Temperance efforts to abolish the open trade in brothels in the early 1900s. In contemporary times, prostitution has […]
Tuscola County is located in eastern Michigan near Saginaw. Its population is roughly 53,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking within the county are well-documented problems. For example, one local victim reported that she was 14 the first time she was sexually abused by a stranger for money. An ex-boyfriend, who acted as a pimp (sex trafficker) […]
Vassar is a city in Tuscola County in eastern Michigan, near Saginaw. Its population is roughly 3,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the area are well-documented problems. For example, one victim reported that she was 14 the first time she was sexually abused by a stranger for money. An ex-boyfriend, who acted as a pimp […]
Clark County is the southernmost county in the state of Washington and has a population of approximately 511,000 residents. Its largest city and county seat is Vancouver, WA. Due to the county’s location along the Interstate-5 corridor, a “stop” on several human trafficking and prostitution circuits, prostitution and sex trafficking have been significant and pervasive […]
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