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 […]
Warwick is a city in the greater Providence area of Rhode Island, south of Cranston, and has a population of approximately 85,000. Prostitution has been known to occur in the city for decades, particularly indoors in brothels, and the local sex trade generates a wide range of associated crimes. Among the problems associated with commercial […]
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 […]
Walnut Creek is a city of about 70,000 residents in the greater San Francisco Bay area, about 15 miles east of Oakland, California in Contra Costa County. Prostitution is an established problem in the area, including indoor prostitution in storefront brothels. Cases of child sex trafficking have also been well-documented within the city. In their […]
Wailuku is a census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii with a population of approximately 18,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems on the islands in general, as well as in Wailuku specifically. To address the consumer-level demand that motivates all sex trafficking, demand-reduction tactics have been employed locally. Since 1985, the Maui County […]
Waco is a city of about 138,000 residents in McLennan County in central Texas, located along an interstate highway (Rt. 35) that links the Dallas/Fort Worth area with Austin, and is home to Baylor University. The city has long recognized that substantial prostitution activity occurs locally, and generates a wide range of other crimes and […]
Virginia Beach is an independent city in the southwest, coastal region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, near Norfolk, and has a population of approximately 450,000. Cases of sex trafficking and prostitution have occurred in the city have been documented for decades, as have incidents of assault of prostituted persons, kidnapping for prostitution, and HIV positive […]
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