Lincoln County, is a county of approximately 68,000 residents located in Southeastern South Dakota. Its county seat is Canton, SD. Part of Sioux Falls, SD lies within the county, and other substantial towns include Tea, SD. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented within the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes […]
Anoka County is the fourth-most-populous county in Minnesota, with a population of over 367,000. The county seat is the city of Anoka, and the largest city within the county is Blaine. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul metro region, including within Anoka […]
Limestone County is part of the Huntsville, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area, and has a population of about 108,000. The county seat is Athens, a city located along Interstate 65 in northern Alabama, north of Birmingham and near Huntsville. Another city in the county that has addressed demand is Decatur. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have […]
Brookhaven is a city of about 55,000 residents in the northeastern suburbs of Atlanta and is located in western DeKalb County. Prostitution and sex trafficking (of both adults and minors) have been well-documented problems in Brookhaven. For example, in July 2021, Brookhaven police arrested six people at three massage parlor locations in the city. In […]
Trumbull County is in northeast Ohio and has a population of just over 200,000 residents. Its county seat is the city of Warren. The county is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sex trafficking and prostitution have been identified as substantial problems in the county. For example, over the course of 2011 and […]
Wright County, Minnesota has a population of about 136,000, and is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat is Buffalo. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the cities (such as Howard Lake and Buffalo) and unincorporated areas of Wright County. Among the more serious crimes associated with the […]
Beaver County is located in the northwest suburbs of Pittsburgh in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Its population is roughly 167,000, and the county seat is the city of Beaver. Other substantial cities and towns within the Western Pennsylvania county are Beaver Falls, Aliquippa, Center Township, Ambridge, Rochester, and Monaca. Prostitution has been recognized as a local […]
Mandan is the eighth-largest city in North Dakota with approximately 24,500 residents. It is located in central North Dakota, serves as the county seat of Morton County. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city, surrounding communities, and in other areas of the Morton County. This activity, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates […]
Benton County is a county in the south-central portion of Washington state and has a population of approximately 21,000 residents. Its county seat is Prosser, WA. The Columbia River demarcates the county’s north, south, and east boundaries of the city. Prostitution and sex trafficking are both well-documented problems within the community. For example, a 1981 […]
Neptune Township is a community in Monmouth County, New Jersey, with a population of about 28,000. Prostitution activity in the town is well-documented, and has generated complaints to police. Among the efforts made to address the problem are those addressing the purchase of sex. For example, in January 2015, a city Councilman from another town […]
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