Pownal is a town in Bennington County, Vermont with a population was just over 3,400. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the Pownal area and throughout Bennington County (as well as the state) have been very well documented. A number of human trafficking investigations across Vermont between 2013 and 2016 — including in Bennington, Burlington, Shelburne, […]
Rutland is a city that serves as the government seat of Rutland County, western Vermont. Its population is roughly 15,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the Rutland area and throughout the state have been very well documented. A number of human trafficking investigations across Vermont between 2013 and 2016 — including in Burlington, Shelburne, Colchester, […]
Nueces County is a county of approximately 363,000 residents, located on the southeast coast of Texas. Its county seat and largest city is Corpus Christi, TX. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated residential reports to local […]
Yolo County, officially the County of Yolo, is located in the northern portion of California, and has a population of approximately 217,000 residents. Its county seat is Woodland and the county is included in the Greater Sacramento metropolitan area, located in the Sacramento Valley. Prostitution and sex trafficking are documented problems within the county. This activity […]
Lewistown is a city of approximately 6,000 residents located in the geographic center of Montana, just southeast of Great Falls and northwest of Billings. It serves as the government seat of Fergus County, MT. Instances of prostitution have been documented in the city and surrounding areas for decades. In the early to mid-20th century, brothels […]
Parkersburg is a city in West Virginia of approximately 30,000 residents. It is the government seat of Wood County. It is the state’s fourth-largest city and the largest city in the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna metropolitan area. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and its ancillary crimes […]
West Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, about 5 miles west of downtown Hartford. Its population was roughly 63,000 as of the 2020 census. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented problems in the city for years. For example, in May, 2015, West Hartford police investigated a 27-year-old Hartford woman accused of trying […]
St. Marys is a city in Elk County, Pennsylvania with a population of about 13,000 residents. It is located in the northern, sparsely populated region of the state, near the Allegheny National Forest. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city, and responses to those and related offenses have included the arrest of […]
Marshalltown is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Iowa. It is located along the Iowa River in Central Iowa, about 50 miles northwest of Des Moines, and has a population of about 27,000. Cases of prostitution have occurred in the city, and police and community groups have invested in establishing local […]
Ackley is a city of 1,600 residents located in Franklin and Hardin counties, Iowa. Prostitution has been documented within the community, and among the police responses to it has been the arrest of sex buyers and the public disclosure of their identities. For example, in May, 2019 a 69-year-old resident of Ackley turned himself in […]
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