Rapides Parish is located midway between Baton Rouge and Shreveport in central Louisiana. The Parish’s population is about 129,000, and its county seat and largest city is Alexandria. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city of Alexandria, and in the surrounding communities and unincorporated areas of Rapides Parish. This activity and […]
Bozeman is a city of about 55,000 in Southern Montana and is the county seat of Gallatin County, MT. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented in the city and surrounding area. Records of Bozeman’s red-light district date back to the 1870s, when a successful madam came from Helena, MT. In an 1880 census, there were […]
Morgan County is located in central Missouri, and has a population of about 21,000. 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 result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. For example, in […]
Estherville is a city of approximately 6,000 residents, located in Emmet County, Iowa. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law enforcement agencies as a strategy for prevention and response. For example, in January, 2009, officers responded to a call about a disturbance […]
Cold Spring is a village of fewer than 2,000 residents in Putnam County, New York. It is located about 30 miles north of New York City along the Hudson River, near West Point. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the small town and surrounding communities and unincorporated areas of Putnam County. This activity […]
Fishkill is a village of approximately 2,000 residents, located roughly 30 miles north of New York City, in Dutchess County, NY. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Dutchess County. This activity and the ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law […]
Shelburne is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont. It is a suburb of Burlington located on the shore of Lake Champlain, and has a population of roughly 7,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the area have been well-documented for over a decade. For example, in February 2013, a man was sentenced in U.S. District Court […]
Alpena is a city of about 10,000 residents in northeastern Michigan, located on the shores of Lake Huron. It is the only city in and the county seat of Alpena County. The second most populated city in northern Michigan, it is considered to be one of the two anchor cities of region, along with Traverse […]
Traverse City is a city of about 15,000 residents located in northern Michigan on the shores of Lake Michigan. It is the largest city in and government seat of Grand Traverse County. Prostitution and commercial sexual exploitation have been documented locally, including cases of child sex trafficking. There have also been drugs involved in the […]
Canton is a charter township of about 93,000 residents in Wayne County, Michigan. It is located about 10 miles west of Detroit and the same distance east of Ann Arbor. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the […]
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