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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Brunswick is a town in Cumberland County, Maine. It is located on the southeastern coast of the state, and its population is about 20,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented problems throughout the county for decades, including in the city of Brunswick. For example, in March, 2014, police learned of a 19 year […]
East Hempfield Township is a community in west-central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with a population of roughly 24,000. Prostitution has a long history within the county, as documented in historical documents dating back to the 1880s and through Temperance efforts to abolish the open trade in brothels in the early 1900s. In contemporary times, prostitution has […]
Clark County is the southernmost county in the state of Washington and has a population of approximately 511,000 residents. Its largest city and county seat is Vancouver, WA. Due to the county’s location along the Interstate-5 corridor, a “stop” on several human trafficking and prostitution circuits, prostitution and sex trafficking have been significant and pervasive […]
Bedford Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, and is an industrial suburb of Chicago. Its population is just under 600 residents. Bedford Park consists of a small residential area and vast amounts of heavy industry distributed mostly to the east. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent and well-documented problems throughout Cook County […]
Ontario County is a county of approximately 113,000 residents in western New York. It is located approximately 30 miles southeast of Rochester, with its county seat in Canandaigua. Prostitution has been a well-documented problem in the county and generates complaints from residents and businesses. Among the tactics used to address the problem are those focused on […]
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