Chardon 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 30 miles from Cleveland. Prostitution, child sex trafficking, and child sexual exploitation have been documented within the county. For example, a massage parlor in Chester Township was investigated […]
Butler County is a county of about 390,000 residents located in southwestern Ohio on the border with Indiana, just north of Cincinnati. Its county seat is Hamilton. Liberty Township is another town in the county that has worked to address demand for commercial sex. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the county […]
Brookfield Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio and has a population of approximately 8,400. It is located in northeastern Ohio on the border with Pennsylvania, about 13 miles north of Youngstown. Though not a significantly recorded problem within the township, prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented, substantial problems throughout […]
North Greenbush is a town of about 13,000 residents located in Rensselaer County, just east of Albany, New York. Local law enforcement have participated in investigations into sex trafficking in the area. For example, in April 2021, the North Greenbush Police Department assisted in a multiagency investigation into child exploitation and human trafficking led by […]
Hudson Falls is a village of about 7,400 residents within the town of Kingsbury in Washington County, New York. It is located in eastern New York, approximately 50 miles north of Albany. Prostitution has been documented in the village. For example, in 2016 a local woman was arrested for prostitution in Kingsbury after being spotted […]
Amsterdam is a city of about 18,000 residents in eastern New York, located in Montgomery County almost 40 miles northwest of Albany. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and surrounding areas. For example, in July 2018, two people were pulled over and arrested in Amsterdam in connection with the sex trafficking […]
San Juan County is a county of approximately 121,000 residents located in the Northwest region of the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its county seat is Aztec, NM, and the county is part of the Farmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in incorporated and unincorporated areas of the […]
Bayard is a city in Grant County, New Mexico. It is located in the southwestern portion of the state, east of Silver City and northwest of Deming, and it has a population of about 2,400 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have occurred and have been documented in the city and surrounding areas of Grant […]
Jackson Center is a village in western Ohio of approximately 1,000 residents, located in Shelby County about 50 miles north of Springfield. Prostitution and sex trafficking have not been well documented in the village, but there have been reports of this activity in the larger county area, specifically in the nearby city of Sidney. Identity […]
Mercer County is a county of approximately 111,000 residents located in western Pennsylvania on the border with Ohio, about 65 miles north of Pittsburgh. The county seat is Mercer, and its largest city is Hermitage. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county, including an incident in which a Farrell police officer was […]
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