Wilson is a city of approximately 48,000 residents, located east of Raleigh in Wilson County, North Carolina. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been documented in the city. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law enforcement agencies as a strategy for prevention […]
Wilmington is the largest city in Delaware, with a population of roughly 73,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been documented to occur in the city for decades. A recent example includes operations conducted cases from February, 2022: two illicit massage establishments in Wilmington were shut down during an investigation by the new DOJ Human […]
Willowbrook is a village of approximately 9,100 residents, located in DuPage County in northeast Illinois. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the city for decades, and throughout DuPage County, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. For example, in May, 2016, four women were […]
Willimantic is a census-designated place of approximately 19,000 residents, located in Windham County in southwest Connecticut. Prostitution is a persistent problem in the area, generating complaints to police by both residents and business owners, and has been repeatedly linked to the city’s drug market. Serious problems associated with local prostitution activity include a serial rapist […]
Wichita is the largest city in Kansas, with a population of approximately 390,000 residents. Situated in Sedgwick County at the junction of Interstate 35 and U.S. Route 54, the city has struggled since at least the late 1970s with numerous problems associated with commercial sex occurring along major roadways. The south and north corridors of […]
Whittier is a city of approximately 85,000 residents, located 12 miles southeast of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, CA. Instances of prostitution have been documented for decades. The first case in which a sex buyer was arrested in addition to a prostituted woman in Whittier was in 1976. Their identities and ages were released […]
White Plains is a city of approximately 60,000 residents, located north of New York City, and it is the county seat of Westchester County, New York. Prostitution and teen sex trafficking are known to have occurred in the city. To combat consumer-level demand for commercial sex, the City of White Plains Department of Public Safety’s […]
Wheeling is a city of approximately 25,000 residents, located along the northern panhandle of West Virginia. Situated along Interstate 70 near the Pennsylvania and Ohio borders, the city has struggled with sex trafficking and prostitution activity in the area’s rest stops and local hotels, among other places in the city. Consumer level demand provides the […]
Westport is a coastal town located in eastern Connecticut with a population of roughly 28,000 residents. In late 2010, officers from the Westport Police Department conducted a web-based reverse sting after receiving a complaint about a Craiglist post soliciting sex in the Westport Library. Police then scanned the site for similar listings, and responded to […]
Westchester County is a county of approximately 960,000 residents, located just north of New York City. It includes the communities of Elmsford, New Rochelle, Ossining, Peekskill, Rye, Rye Brook, White Plains, Yorktown, and Yonkers. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county, including sex trafficking of minors in the foster care system. In February, 2014, […]
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