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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hardeeville is a city in Jasper and Beaufort counties in South Carolina. It is included within the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city’s population is roughly 9,000 residents. Prostitution and human trafficking have been persistent problems in Hardeeville, and local officials have said contributing factors include an interstate highway that cuts through […]
Statesville is a city of approximately 27,140 residents in North Carolina. It is the government seat of Iredell County, and is part of the Charlotte metropolitan area. Due to Statesville’s close proximity to the City of Charlotte, instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city. This activity and its ancillary crimes […]
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