Nanticoke is a city in Luzerne County, in Northeastern Pennsylvania and has a population of approximately 10,700residents, making it the third largest city in Luzerne County. The region has well-documented history of sex trafficking and prostitution activity. The county contained towns that were stops on a domestic sex trafficking circuit in the 1970s and 1980s. […]

Winneconne is a town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, with a population of roughly 2,350. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been reported within many areas of the county since at least the 1970s, if not earlier. Consumer-level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local […]

Freedom is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, located along the Ohio River 25 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. Its population is roughly 1,700.  Other substantial cities and towns within the Western Pennsylvania county are Beaver Falls, Aliquippa, Center Township, Ambridge, and Monaca. Prostitution has been recognized as a local problem for decades throughout Beaver County, and community complaints have played a […]

Greensburg is a city in (and the county seat of) Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It has a population of about 14,000 and is classified as part of the greater Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in communities and unincorporated areas of the county.  This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results […]

North Liberty is a city in Johnson County, Iowa. A suburb of Iowa City and part of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area, its population is approximately 19,000 residents. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in other areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes […]

Chippewa Falls is a city located along the Chippewa River in Chippewa County, in northwestern Wisconsin. Its population was roughly 15,000 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Chippewa County. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in other areas of the county.  This activity and the […]

Amery is a city in Polk County, Wisconsin, with a population of approximately 2,800. Prostitution activity has been documented in the region, and Amery residents have also been arrested for prostitution and sex trafficking offenses in other cities.  For example, in November, 2016, an Amery resident was one of four men arrested during an undercover sting […]

Glen Burnie is a town of about 70,000 residents in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is a suburb of Baltimore. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and 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 […]