Livingston County is a county of just under 61,000 residents, located in western New York about 35 miles south of Rochester, with a county seat in Geneseo. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county and surrounding areas. Police have targeted demand for commercial sex with at least one reverse sting operation and […]
Wayne County is a county of about 91,000 residents, located in upstate New York on the shore of Lake Ontario near Rochester. Its county seat is the city of Lyons. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county and surrounding areas, including a case of three local residents being arrested for their participation […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Portage is a city in Kalamazoo County with a population of about 49,000 residents, located in southwestern Michigan. A number of serious crimes and other problems associated with the local prostitution market have been well-documented in the city of Portage and other areas of Kalamazoo County. For example, in 2017 a man charged in a […]
Kalamazoo County is a county located in the state of Michigan. As of 2020, the county population was over 261,000. The county seat is the city of Kalamazoo, with a population of about 76,000 residents, located in southwestern Michigan. A number of serious crimes and other problems are associated with the local commercial sex market […]
Hamilton County is located in southwestern Ohio and has approximately 830,000 residents. The largest city and county seat is Cincinnati, OH. A wide range of problems stemming from the local commercial sex market have been documented such as the kidnapping, rape, assault, and homicide of prostituted women. This activity and its ancillary crimes have resulted […]
Palm Desert is a city of about 52,000 residents in California’s Coachella Valley, in Riverside County near Palm Springs. Prostitution is a well-documented problem in Palm Desert, and throughout the county. In February 2015, four women were arrested during a prostitution sting in Palm Desert. Deputies from several specialized investigation teams set up the sting […]
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