Bar Harbor is a town of about 5,000 resident located on Mount Desert Island on the Atlantic Coast of Maine. It serves as a gateway to Acadia National Park and attracts tourists in daily numbers exceeding the town’s resident population during the summer. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in Bar Harbor and surrounding […]
Grady County is part of the Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is located southeast of Oklahoma City and directly west of Norman. The county has a population of roughly 56,000, and the county seat is Chickasha. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the county. Consumer-level demand provides the revenue stream […]
Arapahoe County the third-most populous county in Colorado, with approximately 655,000 residents. The county seat is Littleton, and its most populous city is Aurora (with over 369,000 residents). Parts of the county have been well-known outdoor prostitution “strolls.” Prostitution and associated street crime and blight have been concentrated on Colfax Avenue, which runs through both […]
Morris County, New Jersey, is located about 50 miles west of New York City, and has a population of about 511,000. The county seat is the city of Morristown, which is surrounded by Morris Township. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the communities (e.g., Morris Township, Parsipanny) and unincorporated areas of Morris […]
Essex County is located in the Northeaster part of New Jersey, near New York City. It’s population is approximately 855,000, making it the state’s third-most populous county. Newark is the largest city in New Jersey and is the county seat of Essex County. That city and other areas of Essex County (including the cities of […]
Dubuque County, Iowa has a population of just under 100,000, and its county seat is the city of Dubuque. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents […]
Scott County is on the eastern edge of Iowa, on the Mississippi River, and has a population of about 174,000. The county seat is the city of Davenport, and is included in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and child sex trafficking are documented problems within the county, and the Sheriff’s Office frequently […]
Torrington is a city of about 35,000 residents located in the Northwest Hills region of Connecticut, in Litchfield County. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been documented in the city and surrounding region. For example, in 2010 state prosecutors charged a man with operating a high-profile prostitution ring in the rural areas of northwest Connecticut, […]
Washington County, Nebraska has a population of about 21,000 and is located in the northern part of the Omaha – Council Bluffs NE-IA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat is Blair, a city of less than 10,000 residents. Several investigations into prostitution and sex trafficking in the county have occurred, with at least two cases […]
Lincoln County is in mid-coastal Maine, has a population of approximately 34,000, and includes the communities of Damariscotta and Milbridge. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the county, and this activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from […]
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