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The Honest Courtesan

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King of the Hill

One of the most fascinating aspects of “sex trafficking” hysteria is the bizarre competition I’ve dubbed “King of the Hill” after the boys’ game; each city and state boasts that it is one of the “top” or “leading” or “major” destinations, sources or “hubs” of sex trafficking in the United States.  Since there is absolutely no basis for any interstate comparison, such claims are totally bogus and intercity comparisons belong strictly to the realm of fantasy.  But virtually every “trafficking” fanatic speaking to every reporter, class or ladies’ club meeting will insist that whatever place he’s speaking in is “a major hotspot”, citing whatever authority sounds good (the FBI, DoJ and Homeland Security are favorites) and “explaining” that the high level of activity is due to the presence of interstate highways, proximity to some “sinful” place like New York or Atlanta, remoteness from other places (yes, really), or even (in a bizarrely 19th-century touch) the presence of navigable waterways, presumably for the slave-ships to sail in upon.  Since many of the claims are (unsurprisingly) very vague, all words like “major” or “near the top” are counted as being claims for the top ten in states (first table), top twenty in cities (second table).  Don’t try to compare rankings of cities with that of the states in which they lie; you’ll hurt your brain.

States

Rank Claimants Purported reasons
1st Texas “25% of all US victims”
1st California “Due to its proximity to Canada and Mexico“
1st Florida None given
1st Georgia None given
1st Nevada None given
1st Washington Together with Oregon; none given
1st Oregon Together with Washington; none given
2nd California None given
2nd New York None given
2nd Michigan “close proximity to Canada and waterways“
2nd Texas “According to Homeland Security”
3rd Florida “The FBI says“
3rd Wisconsin None given
4th Ohio “NHTRC statistics”
Top 5 Michigan “Large agricultural industry & international border“
5th Ohio “calls to the Nation Human Trafficking Hot Line“
6th Virginia “a report by the Human Trafficking Institute”
Top 8 North Carolina   Major highways and large rural areas
8th Maryland I-95, bus stops & truck stops
Top 10   Illinois “Central location” & “transportation infrastructure”
Top 10   Nevada Interstate highways and “major events”
Top 10   New Jersey Interstate highways, trains & buses, 3 airports
Top 10   Oklahoma “The State Department reports”
Top 15   Minnesota “The FBI says”

Cities

Rank Claimants Purported reasons
1st Seattle, Washington “33% of cases nation-wide”
1st Atlanta, Georgia “World’s busiest airport”
1st Charlotte, North Carolina   None given
1st Houston, Texas “Long regarded as the nation’s hub”
1st Oakland, California “FBI identified Oakland as ground zero”
1st San Francisco, California “FBI finding”
2nd Detroit, Michigan “FBI finding”
2nd Portland, Oregon Strip clubs, highways, waterways, Canada
3rd Chicago, Illinois “national human trafficking hotline”
3rd Miami, Florida “Travellers from around the world”
3rd Tampa Bay, Florida None given
3rd Toledo, Ohio “FBI reports”
Top 5 Milwaukee, Wisconsin “Known as the Harvard of sex trafficking”
Top 10 Dallas, Texas None given
Top 10 Phoenix, Arizona Major highways, “destination point” (?)
Top 10 Sacramento, California Interstate highways & immigrants
Top 10 Tulsa, Oklahoma Interstate highways
10th Rockford, Illinois “its location in the Midwest”
Top 13 Las Vegas, Nevada “US Department of Justice”
Top 13 Los Angeles, California “US Department of Justice”
Top 13 Minneapolis, Minnesota “highways, year-round sports & conventions”
Top 13 New York City “US Department of Justice”
Top 13 St. Louis, Missouri “major hub for truck stops“
Top 13 Washington, D.C. “US Department of Justice”
13th San Diego, California “According to the FBI”
Top 20 Birmingham, Alabama “superhighway of sex trafficking”
Top 20 Denver, Colorado Highways, “largest city in 600 miles”
Top 20 El Paso, Texas “US Department of Justice”
Top 20 Fresno, California Fresno cops
Top 20 Long Island, New York “US Department of Justice”
Top 20 New Orleans, Louisiana “US Department of Justice”
Top 20 Philadelphia, PA “US Department of Justice”
Top 20 Richmond, Virginia “US Department of Justice”
Top 6.5% Reno, Nevada “an entertainment-like experience”
2nd (FL) Orlando, Florida None given
3rd (FL) Jacksonville, Florida None given
3rd (VA) Hampton Roads, Virginia   A cop claimed it
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