Mount Airy is a town in north central Maryland of approximately 9,400 residents located in Carroll County, MD and Frederick County, MD. The town is classified as part of both the Washington Metropolitan Area and Baltimore Metropolitan Area. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the town and surrounding areas, and the area’s proximity […]
Urbana is a suburban census-designated place of approximately 12,000 residents in Frederick County, MD. It is located at the I-270/MD 80 interchange approximately 35 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated residential reports to […]
Ville Platte is the largest city in and the parish seat of Evangeline Parish, located in central Louisiana. Its population is approximately 6,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of Evangeline Parish. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to […]
Hendersonville is a city of approximately 62,000 residents, located just north of Nashville in Sumner County, in central Tennessee. Hendersonville is the largest city in Sumner County, and the fourth-largest city in the Nashville metropolitan area after Nashville, Murfreesboro, and Franklin and the 10th largest in Tennessee. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in […]
Bradley Beach is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, with a population of roughly 4,000. Cases of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the cities (such as Hazlet, Asbury Park, Wall Township) as well as the unincorporated areas of the county, generating complaints from citizens and local businesses, and associated with a wide range of […]
Pickaway County, Ohio has a population of approximately 59,000 residents, and is a part of the Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat is Circleville. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county and surrounding areas. Among the more serious issues associated with the county’s commercial sex market is child sex […]
Lancaster is a city in south central Ohio, located in Fairfield County near the Hocking River, about 33 miles southeast of Columbus and 38 miles southwest of Zanesville. It is the government seat of Fairfield County and has a population of approximately 41,000 residents. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city […]
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania has a population of roughly 278,000. Its county seat and the largest city is Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s state capital and ninth largest city. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented within the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and […]
Dennis is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, on the central portion of Cape Cod. Its population is roughly 14,000. Multiple cases of prostitution and sex trafficking have been has been documented in the area. For example, in June, 2018, two men were indicted in connection with trafficking multiple victims for sex, including minors, on Cape […]
Dennis Port is a census-designated place in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, on central Cape Cod. Its population is roughly 3,400. The Swan Pond River and Upper County Road demarcate Dennis Port’s western border with West Dennis. Multiple cases of prostitution and sex trafficking have been has been documented in the community. For example, in June, 2018, […]
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