Arapahoe County the third-most populous county in Colorado, with approximately 655,000 residents. The county seat is Littleton, and its most populous city is Aurora (with over 369,000 residents). Parts of the county have been well-known outdoor prostitution “strolls.” Prostitution and associated street crime and blight have been concentrated on Colfax Avenue, which runs through both […]
Essex County is located in the Northeaster part of New Jersey, near New York City. It’s population is approximately 855,000, making it the state’s third-most populous county. Newark is the largest city in New Jersey and is the county seat of Essex County. That city and other areas of Essex County (including the cities of […]
Contra Costa County occupies the northern portion of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. It is primarily suburban, and has a population of over 1,100,000 residents. Its county seat is Martinez. Commercial sex activity has been well-documented in the communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and […]
Alameda County is included in the San Francisco Bay Area, occupying much of the East Bay region in Northern California. The county’s population is about 1.649 million, and the county seat is the city of Oakland. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented throughout the county for decades. While there are areas of affluence, […]
Alamance County is located in central North Carolina, and has a population of about 171,000. Throughout the county’s communities (e.g., Burlington, Mebane, Graham) and unincorporated areas, local prostitution generates numerous complaints to police and is linked to a number of other serious crime types, including child endangerment and sex trafficking. In May 2019, Alamance County deputies […]
Dearborn is a city of about 108,000 residents located in Wayne County, Michigan and is within the Detroit metropolitan area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Wayne County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to […]
Multnomah County has approximately 803,000 residents and is located in northwestern Oregon. The county seat and the state’s largest city is Portland. Multnomah County is part of the Portland–Vancouver (WA)–Hillsboro OR–WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city of Portland and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Multnomah […]
Milwaukee County is the most populous county in Wisconsin and the 45th most populous in the United States, with a population of approximately 950,000. Over half of the population (595,000) resides in the city of Milwaukee, which abuts Lake Michigan. The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office often collaborates with municipal Police Departments, including Glendale, Wauwatosa, West […]
Brevard County on the east coast of Florida, and has a population of approximately 600,000. The county seat is Titusvile, and other population centers within the county include the cities of Melbourne, West Melbourne, Palm Bay, and Cocoa. Prostitution and sex trafficking cases in the county date back decades, and have generated many other crimes, […]
Rensselaer County, New York, has a population of approximately 161,000 and is located 13 miles east of Albany. Its county seat is Troy, a city of approximately 52,000. Periodic reverse stings have been conducted within the county since at least 1997 and possibly before. In a 1999 reverse sting in Troy, the decoys used for […]
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