Aberdeen is a village of about 1,500 residents within Huntington Township in Brown County, located along the Ohio River approximately 50 miles southeast of Cincinnati. The village has had multiple cases of both prostitution and domestic minor sex trafficking. Police responses to these problems have been driven in part by complaints from residents. The Aberdeen […]
Lawton is a city of about 91,000 residents located in southwestern Oklahoma along Interstate 44. The city serves as the government seat of Comanche County. The local prostitution market has produced a number of documented problems, including child sex trafficking and prostitution-related homicides, and has generated ongoing community complaints to police. Between 1999 and 2002, […]
Canon City is a community of about 17,400 residents, located in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, southwest of Denver and Colorado Springs, located in Fremont County, CO. Prostitution and sex trafficking have historically been well-documented in the city and greater county area. Reports of robbery and violence against individuals engaging in commercial sex have been […]
Kennewick is a city of roughly 85,000 residents located in Benton County, WA. The cities of Pasco, Richland, and Kennewick form the metropolitan area known as the Tri Cities. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the Tri-Cities area. For example, in mid-2013, three Kennewick teenagers were arrested for coercing a 15-year-old girl into […]
Slidell is a town of about 29,000 residents in the greater New Orleans area, situated to the northeast and about midway between New Orleans and Gulfport, Mississippi, in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Prostitution and sex trafficking are documented problems in the area, and among other efforts, local law enforcement have attempted to address these problems […]
Vancouver is a city of nearly 200,000 residents, situated directly across the Columbia River from Portland, OR. It is the county seat and largest city of Clark County, Washington. It is a part of the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro Metropolitan Statistical Area which has a combined population area of approximately 2.5 million residents. Similar to Portland, the City […]
Spring is a census-designated-place of approximately 62,000 residents, located north of Houston, near Humble in Harris County, Texas. Like many communities in the county, Spring residents and law enforcement officials have reported problems with street and business-based prostitution. For example, a nightclub in the city was sued in 2009 after numerous residents reported prostitution and related […]
Dillon is a small Central Colorado town with about 1,000 residents located in Summit County, just west of Denver, CO and near Vail, CO. Despite its small size, instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the area. Among the more serious concerns regarding the local commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. […]
Issaquah is a city in Washington state, located in the greater Seattle metro area in King County. It has a population of roughly 40,000 resident. The Issaquah Police Department has received complaints from residents about prostitution in the city, including reports of massage parlors serving as fronts for brothels. For example, in June 2013, the […]
Elk City is a city of approximately 12,000 residents, situated along Interstate 40 and Route 66 in Western Oklahoma’s Beckham County. It is roughly equidistant between Oklahoma City and Amarillo, Texas. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented problems in the city for decades. For example, in 1986, agents of the FBI and Internal Revenue […]
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