Cattaraugus County is located in the southwestern portion of New York and shares a border with Pennsylvania. The area has a population of approximately 76,000 and is home to the Allegany Indian Reservation and the Seneca Nation of New York. The Allegheny River also runs through the region. The county is not known for being […]
Conewango is a town of fewer than 1,800 residents, located in western Cattaraugus County, New York, roughly 18 miles northeast of Jamestown. There have been few recorded instances of prostitution and sex trafficking in the town. Still, on at least one occasion, local police engaged in an opportunistic arrest of a sex buyer. In May […]
Waterford is a town of under 9,000 residents in Saratoga County, New York. It is located approximately 11 miles north of the state capital in Albany. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the town and surrounding areas and have resulted in complaints to law enforcement by residents. In April 2021, a Waterford man […]
Jamestown, New York is located in Chautauqua County, near the Pennsylvania border in the southwestern corner of the state. Geographically, Jamestown falls between Lake Erie and Allegheny National Forest. Home to approximately 28,000 individuals, the city has the largest population in the county. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and surrounding […]
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 […]
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. […]
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