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Hilliard is a city of under 40,000 residents in Franklin County, Ohio. It is a suburb of Columbus and part of Norwich Township. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. For example, two local massage parlors were shut down in 2019 after an investigation into prostitution […]
Las Cruces is a city of approximately 113,000 residents in the southern part of the U.S. state of New Mexico, on the edge of the Chihuahuan Desert, situated along the New Mexico-Texas-Mexico border, near El Paso, TX. It is the largest city and county seat of Doña Ana County, NM. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity […]
Burton Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio. With a population of just under 5,000 residents, it is located in northeastern Ohio approximately 40 miles east of Cleveland. Prostitution has been documented locally, and is often linked to drug trafficking and abuse. Child sexual abuse has also occurred in the township. […]
Missoula County is a county of approximately 120,000 residents, located in Western Montana. Its county seat and largest city is Missoula, MT. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county. Local businesses and residents have complained about prostitution, and the community plays a role in law enforcement deciding to conduct enforcement […]
Yakima County is a county in Central Washington state of approximately 257,000 residents. The county seat and largest city is Yakima, WA. Prostitution has been described by residents and businesses as a substantial problem in the county for decades, and more recently sex trafficking has been uncovered in several investigations. The county has also documented […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Weld County is a county in the U.S. state of Colorado located just north of Denver. The county has a population of approximately 340,000 residents and its government seat and largest city is Greeley, CO. Weld County comprises the Greeley Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Denver–Aurora Combined Statistical Area. Instances of prostitution […]
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