Broome County is a county of about 200,000 residents, located in south-central New York state. Binghamton is the county seat and largest city. Prostitution and the sex trafficking of teens have a documented presence the communities and unincorporated areas of Broome County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints […]
Brookville is a borough of 4,000 residents, located in western Pennsylvania’s Jefferson County along Interstate 80. Prostitution has been reported at truck stops along I-80 and secondary roads in the town. Law enforcement agencies have conducted CB radio-based reverse stings in response to numerous complaints about prostitution in the area. Some of the complaints are […]
Brooksville is a suburb of Tampa, Florida, in Hernando County. Its population is about 9,000 residents. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law enforcement agencies […]
Brooklyn Park is located in southern Maryland, and has a population of about 15,000. Prostitution presents longstanding problems for the community and generates complaints from residents. The city is also known to have cases of teen sex trafficking, and at least one homicide of a prostituted teenager. Anne Arundel County Police have conducted street level […]
Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with roughly 2.6 million residents. It is located south of Manhattan in Kings County. Like most large cities, Brooklyn has a long history of commercial sex activity and sex trafficking. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is child sex […]
Brook Park is a small city of approximately 18,000 residents, located in the southern suburbs of Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. For example, in 2016 a local hotel was shut down after an investigation found it […]
The Bronx is a borough of approximately 1.4 million residents, located north of Manhattan and Queens in New York City. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent and visible problems in the borough for decades, with a preponderance of activity reported in Hunts Point and the Wakefield neighborhood in the northern portion of the borough. […]
Broken Arrow is a suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma with a population of approximately 116,000 residents. The city is situated primarily in Tulsa County, OK, but also has a section in western Wagoner County. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes […]
Brockton is a city of approximately 96,000 residents, located about one half hour southeast of Boston near East and West Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Prostitution and sex trafficking are longstanding, well-documented problems in the city. Among the problems associated with city’s local commercial sex market are a serial rapist targeting Brockton’s prostituted women in the early 2000s and multiple cases of homicide of prostituted […]
Bristol is a city of about 25,000 residents located in northeastern Tennessee, in Sullivan County. The city straddles the Southeastern border of Virginia, and is considered part of the “Tri-Cities” area comprised of Bristol, Johnson City, and Kingsport and surrounding smaller communities. Prostitution activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in […]
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