Washington County is located in central eastern New York on the border with Vermont, roughly 50 miles north of Albany. The county has a population of about 61,000 residents and its county seat is Fort Edward. Prostitution and sex trafficking having been documented in the area, including instances of sexual exploitation of children. The Washington […]
Scappoose is a city of approximately 7,300 residents in Northwestern Oregon, located just north of Portland, in Columbia County, OR. Although prostitution and sex trafficking are not necessarily widespread problems in the area, instances of their occurrence have been documented. For example, in 2013, a man wanted in a sex trafficking case in Seattle, WA, […]
Jefferson County is a county of approximately 117,000 residents, located on the northern border of New York, with a county seat in Watertown. Some communities within the county that have worked to address demand for commercial sex include Calcium and Pamelia. In December 2014, following reports of prostitution activity at a hotel along Route 342 […]
Steuben County is a county of approximately 93,000 residents in southwestern New York, with its county seat in Bath. Prostitution, sex trafficking, and other cases of child sexual exploitation have been well documented within the county for over a decade. For example, in January 2021, Steuben County officials arrested a man following an undercover “child […]
Cattaraugus County is located in the southwestern portion of New York and shares a border with Pennsylvania. The area has a population of approximately 76,000 and is home to the Allegany Indian Reservation and the Seneca Nation of New York. The Allegheny River also runs through the region. The county is not known for being […]
Conewango is a town of fewer than 1,800 residents, located in western Cattaraugus County, New York, roughly 18 miles northeast of Jamestown. There have been few recorded instances of prostitution and sex trafficking in the town. Still, on at least one occasion, local police engaged in an opportunistic arrest of a sex buyer. In May […]
Waterford is a town of under 9,000 residents in Saratoga County, New York. It is located approximately 11 miles north of the state capital in Albany. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the town and surrounding areas and have resulted in complaints to law enforcement by residents. In April 2021, a Waterford man […]
Jamestown, New York is located in Chautauqua County, near the Pennsylvania border in the southwestern corner of the state. Geographically, Jamestown falls between Lake Erie and Allegheny National Forest. Home to approximately 28,000 individuals, the city has the largest population in the county. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and surrounding […]
Oswego is a city of approximately 16,000 residents and is the county seat of Oswego County, New York. The city is located on Lake Ontario in north-central New York. Prostitution and sexual exploitation have been documented in the area, including a case in which a landlord was sued for sexual harassment after coercing tenants into […]
Bainbridge Island is a small city of about 25,000 residents in Kitsap County, WA, across the Puget Sound from Seattle. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented problems in the city and surrounding areas for decades. One of the more serious issues related to the area’s commercial sex market is child trafficking. Among the tactics […]
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