Asbury Park is a city of about 15,000 residents located in Monmouth County in northern New Jersey, on the Atlantic shore. Prostitution is a well-known problem in the city, and is the subject of tips and complaints to police. Sex trafficking has also been well-documented locally. Since consumer-level demand is the primary source of all […]
Arvada is a city of 123,000 residents in Northern Colorado and is a suburb of Denver, CO. The city lies in both Jefferson County, CO and Adam County, CO. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city for over decades. This activity and its ancillary crimes have resulted in complaints to local law […]
Arnold is a small town of about 5,000 residents located in Westmoreland County in western Pennsylvania, just north of Pittsburgh. Prostitution has been documented in the city back at least to the early 1960s. This activity and its ancillary crimes has resulted in complaints to local law enforcement from residents and businesses. Among the more […]
Arlington is a city within the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex (DFW) in the state of Texas. It is located within Tarrant County and has an estimated population of about 393,000 residents. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in other areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes […]
Appleton is a city of approximately 75,000 residents, located 100 miles north of Milwaukee in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. Prostitution and child sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law enforcement agencies as […]
Antioch is a city of approximately 115,000 residents, located in the San Francisco Bay area near Stockton, California. It is the second largest city in Contra Costa County. The city has well-known prostitution and sex trafficking problems, particularly in hotels and motels, which generate complaints to police. Local law enforcement agencies have participated in the […]
Anniston, Alabama is a city of about 21,000 residents, located at roughly the midpoint between Atlanta and Birmingham, along the Interstate 20 corridor. It is the county seat of Calhoun County. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents […]
Anne Arundel County is a county of approximately 590,000 residents, located south of Baltimore in Maryland. Its county seat, also the capital of the state, is Annapolis. Situated along Route 295, it contains a cluster of towns and unincorporated areas that are known for prevalent street- and hotel-based prostitution and sex trafficking (e.g, Laurel, Jessup, […]
Annapolis is a city of almost 40,000 residents located along the Chesapeake Bay, just south of Baltimore. It is the capital of Maryland and county seat of Anne Arundel County. It is home to the U.S. Naval Academy. Prostitution and child sex trafficking have been well documented problems in the city for at least five decades. […]
Ann Arbor is a city of about 121,000 residents located west of Detroit, along Interstate 94 in Washtenaw County. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents […]
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