Centralia is a city in Lewis County, WA with approximately 19,000 residents. It is situated along Interstate 5 near the midpoint between Seattle and Portland, OR. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and in surrounding areas. These activities and their ancillary crimes have generated complaints to local law enforcement […]
Chehalis is a city with approximately 7,700 residents and is the county seat of city of Lewis County, WA. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and in surrounding areas. These activities and their ancillary crimes have generated complaints to local law enforcement from residents and businesses. Among the more […]
Statesville is a city of approximately 27,140 residents in North Carolina. It is the government seat of Iredell County, and is part of the Charlotte metropolitan area. Due to Statesville’s close proximity to the City of Charlotte, instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city. This activity and its ancillary crimes […]
Fulton, New York, is a city of approximately 11,000 residents located in the western part of Oswego County, almost 30 miles northwest of Syracuse. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been documented in the city and surrounding areas, including a local couple accused of running a prostitution operation in migrant worker camps in 2007. In […]
Gloversville is the most populous city in Fulton County, with almost 15,000 residents. It is located in the Mohawk Valley region of upstate New York, 48 miles northwest of Albany. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been documented in the city and surrounding areas, including one online investigation in 2017, which led to the arrest […]
Douglas County is a county of approximately 369,000 residents located in Colorado. Its government seat is Castle Rock, CO. Douglas County is part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, Colorado, metropolitan statistical area. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county for decades. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated complaints from residents […]
Pueblo County is a county of about 170,000 residents in Colorado, located south of Denver and near Colorado Springs. The county’s most populous city and county seat is Pueblo. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been documented in the county. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated complaints from residents and businesses to local […]
Lamar is the home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Prowers County, Colorado and has a population of approximately 8,000 residents. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas for decades. In 1949, the state health director ordered health department agents […]
Boulder County is a county located in Colorado with a population of approximately 330,000 residents. The most populous municipality in the county and the county seat is Boulder, CO. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been substantial problems in the county for decades. Among the more serious crimes associated with the county’s commercial sex market is […]
The Town of Castle Rock is a home rule municipality in Colorado of approximately 76,000 residents. It is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Douglas County, CO. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding area. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated complaints from […]
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