Wauseon is a city of approximately 8,000 residents. Located 30 miles west of Toledo, it is the county seat of Fulton County, Ohio. The city has conducted at least one reverse sting targeting consumer-level demand for commercial sex. In 2008, a two-day web-based reverse sting resulted in the arrest of 10 sex buyers. The operation […]
Waukegan is a city of approximately 89,000 residents, located in the northern suburbs of Chicago in Lake County, Illinois. Law enforcement and city residents report that prostitution has been a persistent problem in the area for decades. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by […]
Waterloo is a city of approximately 69,000 residents, located 50 miles north of Cedar Rapids in Black Hawk County, Iowa. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law […]
Waterbury is a city in western Connecticut, located in New Haven County, and has a population of approximately 114,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-known problems in the city, and activity appears to occur primarily indoors in hotels or apartments, and is arranged online. Prostitution activity generates numerous complaints to police by residents and […]
Wasilla is a city of approximately 10,000 residents in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. It is located about 50 miles north of Anchorage, AK. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in Wasilla and surrounding areas in the Mat-Su Valley. Violence against prostituted persons, drugs, and cases of targeted homicide against individuals in the commercial sex […]
Washtenaw County is located in southeastern Michigan, west of suburban Detroit. It has a population of approximately 368,000, much of it centered in the county seat of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. Through 2020, law enforcement agencies within the county had conducted reverse stings to address problems associated with prostitution and sex trafficking, resulting in arrests […]
Washington, DC is the capital city and federal district of the United States. It is located on the east bank of the Potomac River and shares a border with Virginia and Maryland. It has a population of approximately 713,000 residents and is one of the most visited cities in the U.S. Like most large cities, […]
Washington is a city in Western Pennsylvania with roughly 13,000 residents. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and other communities in the area (e.g., Charleroi). This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes associated with […]
Warren is a city of approximately 134,000 residents, located in Macomb County in eastern Michigan. It is the largest suburb in the Detroit metropolitan area. Prostitution has been identified by police and residents as a serious problem in the city, and Warren has been identified by federal and local law enforcement as being part of regional […]
Warren is a city in northeast Ohio and is the county seat of Trumbull County. The city has approximately 39,000 residents. Sex trafficking and prostitution have been identified as substantial problems in the city. Over the course of 2011 and 2012, after complaints about prostitution occurring at massage parlors, Ohio’s Bureau of Criminal Identification and […]
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