Sedgwick County is located in the U.S. state of Kansas with a population of approximately 524,000 residents, making it the second-most populous county in Kansas. Its county seat is Wichita, the most populous city in the state. The county lies at the junction of Interstate 35 and U.S. Route 54 and has struggled with commercial […]
Montevideo is a city of about 5,000 residents in southwestern Minnesota and is the county seat of Chippewa County. Prostitution and sex trafficking have not been well-documented within the city, but there has been a case in which a local man was arrested in a neighboring town for attempting to solicit sex from a minor, […]
Hamilton County is located in southwestern Ohio and has approximately 830,000 residents. The largest city and county seat is Cincinnati, OH. A wide range of problems stemming from the local commercial sex market have been documented such as the kidnapping, rape, assault, and homicide of prostituted women. This activity and its ancillary crimes have resulted […]
Spokane County is a county located in the Northeastern corner of Washington state, near the Idaho border, and has a population of approximately 546,000 residents. Spokane, WA, is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, WA, it is also is the second largest city in the state. Prostitution has been a persistent and […]
Bedford Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, and is an industrial suburb of Chicago. Its population is just under 600 residents. Bedford Park consists of a small residential area and vast amounts of heavy industry distributed mostly to the east. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent and well-documented problems throughout Cook County […]
The City of Wheat Ridge is a home rule municipality located in Jefferson County, Colorado and has a population of approximately 33,000 residents. Wheat Ridge is located immediately west of Denver and is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood Metropolitan Statistical Area. Due to its close proximity to Denver, instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have […]
Fresno County is located in central California, and houses more than one million residents. Its population center and government seat is the city of Fresno. Street prostitution has posed significant problems for the city, and police reports have noted complaints from local business owners and residents for decades. Multiple cases of sex trafficking (of both […]
Yolo County, officially the County of Yolo, is located in the northern portion of California, and has a population of approximately 217,000 residents. Its county seat is Woodland and the county is included in the Greater Sacramento metropolitan area, located in the Sacramento Valley. Prostitution and sex trafficking are documented problems within the county. This activity […]
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania has a population of roughly 278,000. Its county seat and the largest city is Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s state capital and ninth largest city. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented within the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and […]
Andalusia is a city in and the county seat of Covington County, AL, and has a population of approximately 8,800 residents. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents […]
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