Midwest City is a city of approximately 58,000 residents, located in the greater Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. Community residents have reported problems with prostitution in the city, with activities concentrated in and around the city’s massage parlors, and there are documented cases of local murders of sex trafficking victims and prostituted persons as well. Through […]
Midvale is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah. It is part of the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Statistical Area, with approximately 36,000 residents. Prostitution has been documented in the city, as have cases of the commercial sexual exploitation of minors and the targeted assaults on women engaged in prostitution. Consumer level demand provides the […]
Midland is a city of approximately 131,000 residents, located in the Southern Plains of western Texas in Midland County. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in the city, and have generated complaints from the community and investigations by police. For example, in a November 2013 case, two Houston residents pleaded guilty to child […]
Middletown is a city of approximately 49,000 residents, located 40 miles north of Cincinnati in southwestern Ohio. The city is located in both Butler and Warren Counties. Prostitution has been a persistent and visible problem in the area for decades, and involves a wide range of additional crimes such as illicit drug offenses, rape, and […]
Middletown is a city of approximately 30,000 residents, located in the Hudson Valley in New York. Prostitution has been a well known problem in the city for years. For example, in June 2018, the City of Middletown Police Department Narcotics Unit, along with the New York State Police, Homeland Security Investigations and FBI Safe Streets […]
Middlesex Township is a township in southeastern Pennsylvania of approximately 6,000 residents in Cumberland County, PA. Situated along I-81, the area is described as “an artery for drug and sex trafficking, community residents have reported spikes in prostitution and sex trafficking in and around the area’s truck stops.” In 2004, local truck stop representatives joined […]
Middletown is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island. The population is approximately 17,000. It lies to the south of Portsmouth and to the north of Newport on Aquidneck Island. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city, surrounding communities, and in other areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes […]
Miami-Dade County is located in the southeastern part of Florida and is the state’s most populous county with a population of about 2.7 million. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported as serious problems in the county for decades. In addition to city-level efforts to combat prostitution in the communities of Coral Gables, Homestead, Miami, Miami Beach, […]
Miami Shores is a village located in Miami-Dade County, FL, with a population of approximately 11,500 residents. Although prostitution activities in the village are reportedly limited, there have been documented cases, including one case in 2013, where a local pimp/sex trafficker was arrested for sex trafficking a 13-year-old girl. When the victim attempted to escape, […]
Miami Beach is a coastal resort city of approximately 83,000 residents, situated just east of Miami, FL, in Miami-Dade County, FL. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent problems in the area for decades. MBPD officers have also uncovered numerous domestic minor sex trafficking cases in the city. In January 2014, for example, four adults […]
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