Skamania County is a county of approximately 12,000 residents located in Washington state. The county seat and largest incorporated city is Stevenson, WA. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in its incorporated communities and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to […]
Jefferson County is a county located in Washington State with a population of approximately 34,000 residents. Its county seat is Port Townsend. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county, with local brothels in Port Townsend dating back to the 1800s. These activities and their ancillary crimes have generated complaints to […]
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 […]
Chelan County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington, of approximately 80,000 residents. The county seat and largest city is Wenatchee, WA. Prostitution is documented to have occurred in the county since the 1800s, and efforts to combat prostitution in the city date back to the 1930s. More recently, there have been cases […]
Kalama is a city of approximately 3,000 residents in Cowlitz County, WA. It is part of the Longview, WA metropolitan statistical area. Instances of prostitution have been documented in the city and surrounding areas. Among the more serious issues associated with the area’s commercial sex market are child sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation. For […]
Kelso is a city of approximately 13,000 residents and is the county seat of Cowlitz County, WA. Kelso is part of the Longview, WA metropolitan statistical area. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and in surrounding areas. Among the more serious issues associated with the area’s commercial sex market […]
Cowlitz County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington and has a population of approximately 116,000 residents. Its county seat is Kelso and its largest city is Longview. Instances of prostitution have been documented in the county. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated complaints to local law enforcement from residents […]
Schodack is a town of approximately 13,000 residents in Rensselaer County, New York. It is part of upstate New York’s Capital District region surrounding Albany, along with the towns of Colonie, Clifton Park, and Rotterdam. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county and surrounding areas. There is at least one recorded instance of law enforcement conducting […]
Rotterdam is a town of approximately 23,000 residents in Schenectady County, New York. It is part of upstate New York’s Capital District region surrounding Albany, along with the towns of Colonie, Clifton Park, and Schodack. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county and surrounding areas. There is at least one recorded instance […]
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 […]
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