Hampton is a mid-sized city of about 138,000 residents, situated on a peninsula near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay in the southeastern part of Virginia. Among the distinguishing features of the area including Newports News and Norfolk are the seaports, shipyards, and military presence (Army, Air Force, and Navy). Consumer level demand provides the revenue […]
Hammond is a suburb of Chicago located on the northwestern edge of Indiana, with a population of about 77,000 residents. Many problems associated with the local commercial sex market have been documented in the city, including international prostitution and sex trafficking rings involving minors. It has also served as the operating base for at least […]
Hamilton is a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio with a population of about 63,000 residents. It is the county seat of Butler County and the tenth-largest city in Ohio. A wide range of problems have been linked to the local prostitution market, including the assault and robbery of prostituted women and the sex buyers who purchase […]
Gwinnett County is an area in northern Georgia with a population of roughly 965,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems throughout the county. For example, in April 2014 a Gwinnett County woman was charged with running a brothel from her apartment and forcing women to work as “sex slaves.” She used online ads […]
Granite City is a city of 29,000 residents located in Madison County, Illinois and situated in the greater St. Louis, MO metropolitan area. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented problems in the city for decades. In response to complaints by residents, Granite City police have attempted to combat consumer-level demand by conducting street-level and […]
Grand Rapids, Michigan has a population of approximately 200,000 and serves as the government seat of Kent County. The city and surrounding areas have had well-documented problems with prostitution and sex trafficking, spanning decades and resulting in complaints to law enforcement. Problems related to the local commercial sex market include cases of drugs involved in […]
Genesee County is located in eastern Michigan and has a population of approximately 400,000. The county seat and population center is the city of Flint. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-established problems in the county and surrounding areas. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies […]
Gainesville is a city of approximately 140,000 residents, located in north central Florida’s Alachua County. The city has had chronic and well-documented prostitution and sex trafficking problems for decades, and has been cited in news reports as the operational base for sex trafficking rings exploited both adult and child victims. Prostituted persons and sex buyers […]
Fresno is a city of approximately 526,000 residents, located in Fresno County in central California. 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 adults and minors), and targeted assaults, robberies, and homicides of […]
Fort Wayne is a city of approximately 267,000 residents, located in Allen County, Indiana, about 30 miles from the Ohio border. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city, spanning decades. Reverse stings have been utilized in the city as a means to apprehend sex buyers since 1991. In one of stings in […]
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