For decades, Youngstown was a haven for organized crime, and related corruption was ingrained into the fabric of its society. A 2000 publication in The New Republic listed a "chief of police, the outgoing prosecutor, the sheriff, the county engineer, members of the local police force, a city law director, several defense attorneys, politicians, judges, and a former assistant U.S. attorney" as controlled by the Mob.

The city accelerated measures to limit the influence of organized crime upon all sectors of municipal life. The climax of this ongoing effort was the arrest, trial, and 2002 conviction of former U.S. Representative James A. Traficant, Jr. (D), on bribery, tax fraud, and racketeering charges. Although this has since been cleaned up somewhat, in 2006, Youngstown was ranked by Morgan Quitno Press, a Kansas-based publishing and research company, as the 9th most dangerous city in the United States.

Above comes from wiki. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youngstown,_Ohio

While sheriff, Traficant successfully defending himself against charges of taking payoffs from mobsters to overlook loan-sharking, prostitution and drug trafficking. He convinced the jury he took the money in a one-man sting operation. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-traficant-idUSKCN0HM0MA20140927

1981-1985 - Traficant Sheriff of Mahoning County, Ohio. 1983 - Is acquitted of taking bribes from organized crime while sheriff of Mahoning County. Traficant claims he was doing undercover work.

On May 4, 2001 - Traficant is indicted on 10 charges, including bribery, racketeering and tax evasion. The indictment says that Traficant solicited bribes in exchange for political favors and made his aides work on his farm.

April 11, 2002 - Is convicted of all 10 charges against him.

James Traficant Fast Facts http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/25/us/james-traficant-fast-facts/

The above was around 20 years ago, So you would expect that things got much better in Youngstown....

2007, A Youngstown area man painted the outside of his business to protest what he says, was police brutality directed at his girlfriend. The man claims he reported an illegal strip club to the police and that they retaliated against him for reporting it, as they themselves frequented the establishment.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/2/1325/843729506_e5f5af5a52_b.jpg

https://www.flickr.com/photos/seanposey/843729506/in/album-72157600694957814/

2016

Ohio’s human trafficking numbers are climbing and that’s due, in part, because of better policing and reporting of the crime.

Just last year law enforcement identified 167 suspected buyers of sex, 129 potential sex traffickers, and 203 possible victims. A breakdown of the victims is listed below:

• Female – 19
• Male – 3
• No gender – 4
• White – 79
• Black – 45
• Asian/Pacific Islander/Native Alaskan – 46; 33 did not list an ethnicity
• Under the age of 12 – 3
• 13 years old – 4
• 14 to 15 years old – 23
• 16 to 17 years old – 30
• 18 to 20 years old – 16
• 21 to 29 years old – 57
• 30 to 40 years old – 29
• 41 to 59 years old – 32
• 60 to 84 years old – 1

http://wkbn.com/2016/02/23/human-trafficking-where-it-is-and-how-to-fight-it/

2016 Now Every day in Youngstown, kids disappear from home. Some of them never come back – they are lured into a world of forced slavery and sex trafficking.

WKBN reporter: "16 kids missing in Youngstown in just the last 6 month if they are not found in a very short time, they will never be found."

Youngstown population 65,062

"Taken at 16: Youngstown victim recounts time trapped in sex trade" http://wkbn.com/2016/02/23/taken-at-16-youngstown-victim-recounts-time-trapped-in-sex-trade/

2017 Why Ohio is ranked 5 in nation for human trafficking

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Ohio ranks number five in the nation for the most human trafficking cases.

The problem is so big that a Human Trafficking Task Force was formed through the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. The operation utilizes state, local and federal law enforcement resources.

Much of the trafficking can be traced back to online peddling. The recent shuttering of the adult ads on the website Backpage.com is a good first step to help curb the problem, but the reality is Ohio’s vulnerability also comes from its infrastructure. http://wkbn.com/2017/01/12/why-is-ohio-ranked-5-in-nation-for-human-trafficking/

How this information came to light?

Someone posted this: "Video of Abandoned Strip Club with Evidence of Human Trafficking"

https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1840918 (Thanks OP!)

Inside the building are references to pedophilia

"Band poster on the wall of abandoned strip club's secret basement is of the same "taste" as heavy breathing and that's not where the similarities/coincidences stop...... " https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1842015

"Update: Band Abiku (Spirit of death children) was (living) inside the Disturbing Abandoned "Stripclub"! (Polaroid pictures of kids in underwear hanging on the wall!)" https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1846963

"Update: Abiku (spirits of death children) member Jane Vincent is in a new band: Curse, with Logan Terkelsen, he have a movie tip: "Don't deliver us from evil" - a banned satan/pedo movie from 1971" https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1848458

The location turns out the be in Youngstown Ohio.

"So where is the Abiku (spirit of death children) basement located?! Pictures and hints included !!!" https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1850073