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The other told police she was from Korea originally but had moved to Lansing from Colorado just two days prior. All of those are red flags signalling possible human trafficking. Prostitution is a low priority for Lansing police. Prostitution is so prevalent here, police were able to arrest 11 men over the course of about six hours in one July sting, according to Lansing police reports.
On any given day, there are dozens of women advertising their "companionship" on the Lansing section of Backpage. Ingham County prosecution logs, also obtained by a FOIA request, show at least prostitution-related cases have been brought to court since , eight of every 10 of them from Lansing.
In most cases, defendants pleaded to misdemeanor charges. Yet, time and again, women as young as 19 and as old as 56 told police they sold themselves into a dangerous life out of desperation. There was the mother of three who said she sold her body to pay her bills. Another to support a five-year heroin addiction. The year-old student who said it was the only way she could support herself.
