Lauderdale County is located in the northwestern corner of Alabama, on the border with Tennessee and Mississippi, and has a population of about 93,000 residents. Its county seat is Florence. Sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation have been documented in the county. For example, in September 2018, two people were arrested by the Lauderdale County […]
Webster County is located in central West Virginia and has a population of approximately 8,700. Its county seat is Webster Springs. At least one case of sex trafficking activity has occurred within the county, and the investigation of a man accused of exchanging money for the sexual abuse of minors. In March, 2020, a Webster […]
Marion County is a county located in the coastal plain of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was approximately 29,000, and the county seat is the city of Marion. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented within the county. For example, it was reported that in 2010-2011 Marion […]
Sheridan is a city of about 18,000 residents that serves as the county seat of Sheridan County, Wyoming. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the area have been well documented in the city and surrounding areas for decades, dating back to the frontier brothels of the early 1900s. In contemporary times, local sex trafficking has been […]
Fort Madison is a city within, and the county seat of, Lee County, Iowa. Its population was approximately 10,000 at the time of the 2020 census. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents […]
Pottawattamie County has about 93,000 residents and is located on Iowa’s western border, near Omaha, Nebraska. Its county seat is Council Bluffs. Complaints from residents about prostitution date back to the 1870s. More recently, there have been multiple documented cases of sex trafficking (of both adults and minors) occurring within the county, as well as […]
Fort Payne is a city of about 14,000 residents in northeastern Alabama, located almost 70 miles southeast of Huntsville. It is the county seat of DeKalb County. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county and surrounding areas, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. For example, a DeKalb County man was convicted in […]
Cordova is a small city of under 2,000 residents in northern Alabama, located in Walker County roughly 30 miles northwest of Birmingham. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and other areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement […]
Chilton County is a county of about 44,000 residents in central Alabama, located between Birmingham and Montgomery. The county seat is Clanton. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county, as well as drug use associated with the local commercial sex market. At least one reverse sting with identity disclosure has been conducted […]
Wilson County is a county of about 140,000 residents in Middle Tennessee, just east of Nashville. Its county seat is Lebanon and its largest city is Mt. Juliet. The county is part of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and child sex trafficking have been documented in the county. To combat consumer-level demand for commercial […]
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