Erath County is a county located in Northeast Texas and has a population of roughly 43,000 residents. The county seat is Stephenville, TX. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented within the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and […]
Lindale is a city in Smith County, TX and has a population of approximately 6,300 residents. It is a part of the Tyler, TX, metropolitan statistical area. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates have resulted in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes associated […]
Ennis is a city in Northeastern Texas in Ellis County, TX, located about 35 miles south of Dallas. The city has a population of roughly 20,000 residents and is the third largest city in Ellis County. Prostitution and sex trafficking are not known to be significant issues within the city but reports of their activity […]
Ellis County is a county in Northeast Texas, located near the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex (DFW), and has a population of approximately 203,000 residents. Its county seat is Waxahachie, TX. Prostitution and sex trafficking are not known to be significant issues within the county but reports of their activity have been documented. Among the more serious […]
Denton is a city in north Texas city, located in Denton County, and is a part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. The city has a population or approximately 148,000 residents and is the county seat. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes […]
Crockett is a city of about 6,500 residents in eastern Texas and serves as the government seat of Houston County. Instances of prostitution and related activity have been documented in the city. Public complaints regarding suspected prostitution-related activity in the city have generated responses from local law enforcement. For example, in November of 2016, officers […]
Winkler County is a city in western Texas with a population of about 7,400 residents. It is located about 45 miles west of Odessa. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the region, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Consumer level demand provides […]
Comal County is a county located in central Texas that has a population of approximately 156,000 residents. Its county seat is New Braunfels. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported within the county. Among the more serious issues associated with the commercial sex market in the county is child sex trafficking. For example […]
Cameron is a city in central Texas with a population of roughly 5,400 residents. It is the county seat of Milam County, TX. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported in the city. Among the more serious issues associated with the city’s commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. For example, in 2019, […]
Cameron County is located in the southernmost part of Texas, directly across the border from Matamoros, Mexico. The county has a population of approximately 423,000 residents and its county seat is Brownsville, TX. Prostitution and sex trafficking have posed to be persistent and visible problems within the county for at least two decades and have […]
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