Osage County is a county of about 16,000 residents in eastern Kansas, located south of Topeka. Its county seat is Lyndon, and its most populous city is Osage City. Prostitution within the county has been well-documented back to the 1800s. One example includes a case in July 2008 when a search warrant executed in Carbondale […]
El Paso County, Colorado has a population of approximately 738,000 residents, and is located south of Denver along Interstate 25. Its population center is the city of Colorado Springs. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented in incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. Additionally, there have been cases of targeted homicide against prostituted people. […]
Webb County, Texas is located along the Mexican border and has a population of approximately 268,000 residents. Its largest city and government seat is Laredo. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent and visible problems within the cities and unincorporated area of the county for decades. Among the serious related crimes have been the serial […]
Sweetwater County is a county located in Southwestern Wyoming, abutting the northern borders of Colorado and Utah. Its population is roughly 44,000, and its county seat is the city of Green River. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented in the city of Rock Springs, Green River, and other areas of the county, generating complaints to […]
Huntington is the largest city in and the county seat of Huntington County, Indiana, and its population is about 17,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city of Huntington and surrounding areas. For example, in July 2015 a woman from Huntington County was arrested on allegations that she was prostituting at […]
Woodfin is a small town of about 8,100 residents in Buncombe County, North Carolina. It is located in the western part of the state, near Asheville. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity are known to occur throughout the region, and individuals known to sexually exploit minors are known to reside in the town of Woodfin. For […]
Williamsburg is an independent city of about 15,600 residents located on the Virginia Peninsula, in the northern part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. It is bordered by James City County and York County, and lies between Richmond and Newport News/Hampton metro regions. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented problems within the city, and […]
Graniteville is a census-designated place in Aiken County, South Carolina, with a population of about 3,300. It lies along U.S. Route 1, five miles west of Aiken in Horse Creek Valley near the city of Aiken (pop. 31,000). The community is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area, located in the Western portion of South Carolina; […]
Butler County is a county of approximately 194,000 residents in western Pennsylvania situated directly north of Pittsburg, PA. Its county seat is Butler, PA. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have 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 […]
Irvine is a city of about 310,000 residents in Orange County, California, located just south of Los Angeles. Prostitution and sex trafficking are substantial problems throughout Irvine and the rest of Orange County; e.g., in January 2016, the Orange County Register reported that 104 of the 145 victims of human trafficking identified by county law […]
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