Situated on the edge of the Cascade mountain range in Central Oregon, along the Deschutes River, Deschutes County has about 204,000 residents. Its government seat and principle population center is the city of Bend. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results […]
Martin County is located in the Treasure Coast region of Florida on the Atlantic Coast. Its population is about 160,000, and the county seat is the city of Stuart. Martin County is in the Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Statistical Area. Among other cities in the county is Hobe Sound. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in […]
Lorain County is located in northeastern Ohio within the Cleveland–Elyria Metropolitan Statistical Area, and has a population of approximately 309,000 residents. Its county seat is Elyria. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in […]
Hernando County is located in the Tampa Bay metropolitan area of Florida and has a population of approximately 194,500 residents. Its county seat is the city of Brooksville. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result […]
Springfield is a city of about 154,000 residents, located 25 miles north of Hartford, Connecticut near Holyoke in south-central Massachusetts, within Hampden County. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by residents, businesses, and local law enforcement as a persistent problems in the city and surrounding areas for decades. In a recent example, in May, […]
Marion County is located in central Indiana and has a population of approximately 980,000. The county seat is Indianapolis, the state’s capital and largest city. County and Indianapolis residents, businesses, police, and others have recognized the area’s substantial prostitution problem for decades. They acknowledge the link between commercial sex and other crimes, including the sex […]
The twin cities of Minneapolis (in Hennepin County) and St. Paul (Ramsey County) have well-documented problems with prostitution and sex trafficking dating back to at least the 1970s, and the local and regional commercial sex markets have involved the rape, assault, the murder of prostituted women, and the forced sex trafficking of pregnant women. Hennepin […]
Kay County is located north of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and has approximately 44,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in its communities and unincorporated areas, particularly in the rest stops and exits on the Interstate 35 corridor that runs north/south through the county. Among the more serious problems associated with prostitution in […]
Logan County is located just north of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and has approximately 51,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in its communities and unincorporated areas, particularly in the rest stops and exits on the Interstate 35 corridor that runs north/south through the county. Among the more serious problems associated with prostitution […]
Carlsbad of about 116,000 residents located near San Diego, California. It is within San Diego County, which occupies the area between the Mexican border and the Los Angeles Metro region and Los Angeles County. Its location as a border region makes it a major point of transshipment for drug trafficking and large-scale gang activity, and […]
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