Shelbyville is a city of approximately 24,000 residents, located in central Tennessee’s Bedford County south of Murfreesboro. On at least one occasion, local law enforcement have launched an investigation to identify and arrest sex buyers in the community. In July 2016, the Shelbyville Police Department announced the completion of a web sting targeting johns. Officers […]
Goose Creek is a city of roughly 46,000 residents, located northwest of North Charleston in Berkeley County, SC. As in the neighboring communities of Ladson, Hanahan and Summerville, the city has reported problems with chronic street prostitution activity in certain areas. Among the more serious issues associated with the city’s commercial sex market is international […]
Green is a city of approximately 26,000 residents, situated roughly equidistant between Akron and Canton in Summit County, Ohio. Prostitution activity, at times involving the commercial sexual exploitation of minors, has been documented in the community for over 20 years. Violence against women in prostitution, including armed robbery, have also been documented in the city […]
McLennan County is located in central Texas and has approximately 263,000 residents. The city of Waco is the county seat, and other noteworthy communities within the county include China Spring and Woodway. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been reported in the county for several decades. In 2017 it was reported that the county ranked […]
Shelby is a city of roughly 20,000 residents in the western part of North Carolina, near the western edge of Charlotte. It is the county seat of Cleveland County, and is located about 20 miles west of Gastonia. Prostitution, sex trafficking, and child sex trafficking have been reported in the community for several years, and […]
Lyons is a town of about 5,700 residents, located along the Erie Canal in Wayne County, New York, near Newark. The small city drew media attention following the arrest of three local residents for their participation in the trafficking and sexual assault of a minor girl in December 2015. At that time, Wayne County Sheriff’s […]
Albertville is a city of approximately 22,000 residents, located in Alabama’s Marshall County northwest of Gadsden and southeast of Huntsville. Cases of prostitution and suspected sex trafficking have been reported in the community for more than a decade, with activities frequently occurring in indoor brothels. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution […]
Blair is a small city of about 8,000 residents, located in Washington County, Nebraska, north of Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa. Though prostitution reports in the community appear limited, at least two cases have been documented involving the arrests of adults for purchasing access to sexually abuse minors locally. In April 2004, Blair Police Department […]
Greensburg is a city of roughly 11,000 residents, located in south-central Indiana’s Decatur County. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county, and has generated community complaints to police as well as related crimes. For example, in September, 2012, Greensburg Police Department (GPD) officers shut […]
Salem is a town of approximately 29,000 residents, located along New Hampshire’s Rockingham County, near Methuen, Haverhill and Lawrence, Massachusetts. Prostitution activity, both internet and storefront business-based, has been reported in the community for years. For example, in early 2014, Salem drew significant attention when five men were arrested at a local hotel for their involvement […]
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