Camden County, New Jersey Camden is located directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is part of the Philadelphia/Camden metropolitan area. Its county seat is the city of Camden, and the county’s population is roughly 524,000. The city of Camden and its surrounding areas have high levels of poverty and high crime rates […]
Eatonville is a town in Orange County, Florida, located six miles north of Orlando. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee metropolitan statistical area, and has a population of approximately 2,300. Local prostitution is well documented in the town, and is related to numerous problems throughout the county, including child sex trafficking. The county has also […]
Montpelier is the capital city of Vermont. It has a population of approximately 7,500 people, making it the smallest state capital in the United States. It is located in Northern Vermont, 35 miles SE of Burlington, and serves as the government seat of Washington County. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented problems throughout Vermont, […]
Sangamon County is a county located in central Illinois, within the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population is roughly 195,000, and its county seat and largest city is Springfield. Prostitution has been identified by law enforcement as a substantial problem in the city of Springfield and the other areas of the county dating back to […]
Moncks Corner is a town in and the county seat of Berkeley County, SC, and has a population of approximately 14,000 residents. Moncks Corner is included within the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. In recent years, community members have noted a significant increase in prostitution and sex trafficking activity. For example, in 2015, a Berkeley […]
Los Angeles County, officially known as the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States and in the state of California, with a population of more than ten million residents. The city of Los Angeles, CA is the county seat, the county’s largest city, […]
Claremont is a suburban city on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County, CA, about 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, CA. It has a population of approximately 36,000 residents. Problems associated with prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented in the city. Among the more serious issues associated with the local commercial […]
Dale County is a county located in the southeastern part of the state of Alabama and has a population of approximately 49,000 residents. Its government seat and largest city is Ozark, AL. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have recently been documented in the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates […]
Stark County is a county in northeastern Ohio with a population of approximately 374,000 residents. Its county seat is Canton. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented within the county and in its unincorporated areas. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents […]
Dallas County, is a county in the Northeastern region of Texas, known for being the second most populated county in the state with approximately 2.6 million residents. Due to the county’s location, prostitution and sex trafficking have been pervasive issues within Dallas County. Dallas County is a destination location in what is known as the […]
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