Valdosta is a city of about 56,000 residents in south central Georgia and is the county seat of Lowndes County. It is home to Valdosta State University. Prostitution and sex trafficking, including child sex trafficking, have been documented in the county, resulting in complaints from residents. Drugs have also been connected to the local commercial […]
Troup County is a county of about 70,000 residents, located in west central Georgia on border with Alabama, roughly 65 miles southwest of Atlanta. The county seat is LaGrange. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county. Web-based reverse stings have been conducted to combat demand in the county. In October 2020, eleven […]
Tifton is a city of about 17,000 residents, located in south central Georgia along Interstate 75, which runs north to south through the city, leading north to Atlanta and south to Valdosta. Other highways that pass through the city include U.S. Route 41, U.S. Route 82, U.S. Route 319, and Georgia State Route 125. The […]
Batchtown is a village in the southern end of Calhoun County, Illinois. Its population is less than 200, but cases prostitution and related crimes have occurred there. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law enforcement agencies as a strategy for prevention and […]
Tallapoosa is a city of about 3,350 residents in northwestern Georgia. It is located in Haralson County, roughly 60 miles west of Atlanta. Prostitution and child sexual exploitation have been documented in the city. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law enforcement […]
Ocean City is on New Jersey’s coastal Jersey Shore, within Cape May County, and has a population of about 11,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented problems in the city for decades, and commercial sex transactions have involved many other types of crime, child sexual abuse, child sexual abuse materials (CSAM, also frequently […]
Surprise is a city of about 139,000 residents in Maricopa County, in Southwestern Arizona. Other nearby cities in the county include Glendale, Scottsdale, Phoenix, and Tempe. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented in the city and surrounding area for decades, and have generated complaints to police and a wide range of additional crimes […]
Silver Creek is an unincorporated community of roughly 6,000 residents within Floyd County. It is part of the Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area in northwestern Georgia, about 65 miles from Atlanta. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county for decades, leading the Floyd County Police Department to occasionally target sex buyers for arrest. […]
Kerr County is a county of roughly 53,000 residents in central Texas, located on the Edwards Plateau, situated just northwest of San Antonio, TX. Its county seat is Kerrville, TX. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county. This activity and its ancillary crimes has resulted in complaints to local law […]
Lackawanna County is a U.S. county in the northeastern portion of Pennsylvania of approximately 216,000 residents. Its largest city and county seat is Scranton, PA. Local law enforcement has reported problems related to prostitution for several decades, and residents have complained to police about prostitution in certain neighborhoods. International and domestic sex trafficking networks and […]
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