Vanderburgh County is a county of about 180,000 residents located in southwestern Indiana, and Evansville is the county seat and largest city. County law enforcement has fielded complaints about prostitution from residents and businesses for at least two decades. The county has also documented multiple cases of targeted sexual assaults and homicides of prostituted women, […]
Dearborn is a city of about 108,000 residents located in Wayne County, Michigan and is within the Detroit metropolitan area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Wayne County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to […]
North Conway is a city of approximately 2,400 residents, located in the White Mountains region of eastern New Hampshire. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the region. For example, a 14-year-old girls was abducted in Conway in October, 2013, as she walked home from Kennett High School. The man held her at […]
Bloomsdale is small community in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, with less than 700 residents. It is located about 20 miles south of St. Louis, near the Illinois border. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the region surrounding St. Louis, including Bloomsdale. For example, in April 2013, a truck driver from the region was […]
Burlington is a city of about 42,000 residents in northern Vermont, in Chittenden County. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to be widespread in the city and surrounding areas, and have been for decades. For example, in November 1981 a man was arrested and charged with operating a local prostitution ring under the guise of […]
Ripon is northwest of Modesto on Highway 99 in San Joaquin County, in the Central Valley region of California. Ripon is one of San Joaquin County’s most rural communities, with a population of about 16,000. Other cities within San Joaquin County include Stockton, Manteca, and Lodi. Sex trafficking and prostitution are longstanding problems throughout the […]
Front Royal is a town in Warren County, VA, with a population of approximately 15,000 residents. It is the government seat of Warren County, and is within the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Warren County. This […]
Multnomah County has approximately 803,000 residents and is located in northwestern Oregon. The county seat and the state’s largest city is Portland. Multnomah County is part of the Portland–Vancouver (WA)–Hillsboro OR–WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city of Portland and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Multnomah […]
Rainbow City is a city in Etowah County, Alabama, and has a population of about 10,000. It is part of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Etowah County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it […]
Jefferson County is located in eastern Ohio, and has a population of about 65,000 residents. Its county seat is the city of Steubenville. Prostitution has been a persistent and visible problem in the area for decades, and has been linked to related crimes including targeted homicides of women in prostitution and sex trafficking of minors. […]
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