Brazoria County is a county in the Gulf-Coast region of Texas and has a population of approximately 380,000 residents. Brazoria County is included in the Houston–The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area. The county seat is Angleton, TX. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county. For example, in 2017 two men were taken […]
Bowie County is a county in Northeast Texas, located along the southern borders of Oklahoma and Arkansas. The county has a population of roughly 93,000 residents and is home to Texarkana, a city that exists in both Texas and Arkansas. The county seat is Boston, TX. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been pervasive issues in […]
Aransas County is a county located along the eastern coast of Texas that has the population of approximately 25,500 residents. The county seat is Rockport, TX. In addition to other communities such as Fulton, Holiday Beach, and Lamar, parts of Corpus Christi are also in Aransas County. Prostitution and sex trafficking have a history of […]
Angelina County is a county in East Texas with a population of roughly 86,000 residents. Its county seat is Lufkin, TX. Prostitution activity has been well-documented throughout the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes […]
Hopkins County is a county of approximately 37,000 residents located in close proximity to the Dallas–Fort Worth Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county comprises the Sulphur Springs Micropolitan Statistical Area and the county seat is Sulphur Springs, TX. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented within the county. Among the more serious offenses associated with the […]
Washoe County is located in northwestern Nevada and has a population of approximately 464,000 residents, making it Nevada’s second-most populous county. The county seat and largest city is Reno, NV. Washoe County is included in the Reno, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution in the state of Nevada is legal in counties with populations under 700,000 residents […]
South Fulton is a city in Fulton County, GA, in the Atlanta metropolitan area. It was incorporated in 2017 from parts of southwest Fulton County and has a population of roughly 108,000 residents. Since its incorporation in 2017, prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented by city officials. In May 2020, an investigation—originally in search […]
St. Johns is a city in eastern Arizona with a population of approximately 3,500 residents. It is located in and the county seat of Apache County, AZ. Prostitution and sex trafficking have not been known to be pervasive issues within the city, but have occurred and generated complaints to law enforcement agencies. Child sex trafficking, […]
Kleberg County is a county located along the southeastern coast of Texas. The county has a population of approximately 31,000 residents and the county seat is Kingsville. Several instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented by the County over the last few years. Among the issues associated with the commercial sex market are […]
Carbon Hill is a city in Walker County, AL., with a population of approximately 1,700 residents. Over recent decades, prostitution and sex trafficking have become significant local issues, and perpetrators have included not only the general population, but have included local government officials. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, […]
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