Flathead County has approximately 102,000 residents and is located by the Canadian border in Northwest Montana. Its county seat and largest city is Kalispell, MT. Cases of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented throughout the county. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. For example, […]
Albert Lea is a city of approximately 18,000 residents, located at the juncture of Interstates 35 and 90 in southeastern Minnesota’s Freeborn County, south of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results […]
Great Falls is a city of approximately 60,000 residents in West-Central Montana. It’s the largest city and county seat of Cascade County, MT. The local commercial sex market and crimes associated with it—including cases of rape committed against prostituted women—have been well-documented. In 1888, when the city was just four years old, an ordinance was […]
Gretna is a city of approximately 17,600 residents, located just across the Mississippi River from New Orleans in Jefferson Parish, LA. Problems with prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported in the area for decades. This activity and its ancillary crimes have resulted in residential complaints to local law enforcement. The local sex trade has […]
Salisbury is a city of approximately 34,000 residents, located in central North Carolina’s Rowan County situated along the 1-85 corridor. Prostitution and the sex trafficking of minors have been reported in the area, and members of the community have complained to law enforcement about prostitution-related activities. On at least one occasion, a prostituted person was shot […]
Greeley is a city of approximately 109,000 residents in north-central Colorado. It is the largest city and county seat in Weld County, CO. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and in the greater county area. This activity and its ancillary crimes has resulted in an increase in complaints to local […]
Findlay is a city of about 40,000 residents, located in northwestern Ohio’s Hancock County between Bowling Green and Lima. Prostitution and child sex trafficking are well documented problems in the city. For example, in 2013, the FBI and local police raided massage parlors in Findlay and Toledo, which were part of a ring for Asian […]
Derry is a city of about 34,000 residents located in southeastern New Hampshire, about halfway between the Massachusetts border and Manchester along the Route 93 corridor. While the city is not known to have engaged in a proactive reverse sting, the Derry Police Department has conducted a long-term investigation of a man who purchased access to […]
Augusta is a city of about 201,000 residents located to the east of Atlanta. It is officially the consolidated city-county of Augusta–Richmond County, and is situated along Interstate 20 on the central eastern border of Georgia, across the Savannah River from South Carolina. It is Georgia’s second-largest city after Atlanta. Prostitution activity has been documented […]
Charleroi is a borough of about 4,000 residents, located south of Pittsburgh in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Despite the borough’s small population size, prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been documented. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. In effort to combat prostitution and sex trafficking activity, […]
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