Independence is a city of about 7,000 residents in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It is a suburb of Cleveland. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city, including cases of child sex trafficking. A wide range of other crimes occurring in the context of the sex trade have also been thoroughly documented in the […]
San Miguel County is one of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. It has a population of approximately 8,000 residents and its county seat is Telluride, CO. The county is named for the San Miguel River. Prostitution activity has historically been an issue in the City of Telluride and the greater county […]
Hocking County is a county of about 28,000 residents, located southeast of Columbus, Ohio. Its county seat is Logan. Child sexual exploitation has been documented in the county. For example, in March 2022, a Hocking County couple were charged with creating and distributing child sexual abuse materials (i.e., child pornography) of at least three minor […]
Hilliard is a city of under 40,000 residents in Franklin County, Ohio. It is a suburb of Columbus and part of Norwich Township. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. For example, two local massage parlors were shut down in 2019 after an investigation into prostitution […]
East Liverpool is a city of just under 11,000 residents in southern Columbiana County in the Upper Ohio Valley. Located along the Ohio River, it borders Pennsylvania to the east and West Virginia to the south. Prostitution and child sexual exploitation have been documented in the city and county, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. […]
Delaware County is a county of over 220,000 residents, located in central Ohio just north of Columbus. Its county seat is the city of Delaware. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. There have also been cases of drugs being connected to the commercial sex market, […]
Copley Township is one of the nine townships of Summit County, Ohio. It has a population of about 17,000 residents and is located in northeastern Ohio just west of Akron. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the town and in the county and surrounding areas, as well as an instance of child endangerment […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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