Elizabethton is a city of under 14,000 residents, located at the foot of the southern Appalachians in northeastern Tennessee. It is the county seat of Carter County. Prostitution has been documented in the area, including local men being arrested in prostitution stings in nearby towns. For example, in 2011 the Elizabethton mayor was caught soliciting […]

Trinity County is a county in east Texas of approximately 14,000 residents. Its county seat is Groveton, TX. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and its ancillary crimes has resulted in complaints to local law enforcement from residents and businesses. Among the concerns […]

Springerville is a town in Apache County, Arizona, within the White Mountains. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was just over 2,200 residents. Child sex trafficking, including the production of child sexual abuse materials (i.e., child pornography), has been documented in the town, and at least one sex buyer arrest has […]

Old Orchard Beach is a town and census-designated place in York County, Maine, on the state’s southeast Atlantic coast. The town is part of the Portland−South Portland−Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area, and its population is approximately  9,000.  Prostitution and sex trafficking have a documented presence in the city and surrounding areas.  For example, an Old Orchard […]