Bend is a city with approximately 97,000 residents in central Oregon on the eastern edge of the Cascade mountain range, along the Deschutes River. It is the government seat and principle population center of Deschutes County, OR. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities. This activity and the problems […]
Rockland County is located roughly 20 miles north of New York City, and is the southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River. Its population is over 325,000, and the county contains several small cities and towns including Clarkstown, Spring Valley, and Ramapo. Prostitution and sex trafficking rings are known to operate in […]
Douglas County contains over one-fourth of the Nebraska’s residents (566,000), most living in Omaha (population 480,000), the county seat and the state’s largest city. The county also includes unincorporated areas and smaller cities and towns, such as Ralston, Bennington, and Waterloo. Since prostitution and sex trafficking operations cross jurisdictional boundaries, many of the law enforcement […]
Skagit County is located in northern Washington state, and has a population of approximately 131,000 residents. It is situated directly north of Seattle, and the county’s northern border is Whatcom County. The county seat and largest city is Mt. Vernon (pop. approximately 35,000). The city of Mt. Vernon has had street prostitution and indoor prostitution […]
Lake County is located on the northwestern edge of Indiana, and is considered within the outer suburbs of the greater Chicago metro area. It is the second-most populous county in Indiana (with approximately 499,000 residents), and its county seat is the city of Crown Point. Among the other cities of note within the county is […]
Volusia County is located in the east-central part of Florida, including the coastal area northeast of Orlando and south of Jacksonville. It is part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach metropolitan area, its population is over 500,000, and its county seat is DeLand. Commercial sex activity has posed considerable problems in the community for decades, and […]
Caddo Parish is located in northwest Louisiana, on the west side of the Red River, across the river from Bossier City. It has a population of about 243,000 people, most of which (218,000) reside in Shreveport, the third-largest city in Louisiana, and the county seat. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems throughout the county. […]
Bexar County is located in southern Texas and has a population of approximately 2 million. The county seat and most populous city, San Antonio, TX, has a population of over 1.5 million residents within city limits. Due to the county’s location, prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by community leaders and law enforcement agencies […]
San Joaquin County is located in the norther part of the Central Valley region of California, has a population of roughly 800,000, and the cities within it include Stockton, Manteca, and Lodi. Sex trafficking and prostitution are longstanding problems throughout the county, in unincorporated areas and within the cities and towns. When the number of […]
Manteca is a city in San Joaquin County in Northern California, near Stockton, and has a population of approximately 84,000 people. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city, surrounding communities, and in other areas of the county. This activity, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies […]
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