Oklahoma City is located in central Oklahoma and has a population of approximately 650,000 residents. Prostitution has been a well-documented problem in Oklahoma City dating back at least to the 1970s, and sex trafficking cases have occurred since at least the 1980s and continue through the present. Some cases of local sex trade activity have […]
Odessa is a town of approximately 113,000 residents located in Ector County, West Texas, near Midland along Interstate 20. The city is not known for substantial street prostitution, but there have been numerous complaints and reports of indoor prostitution for decades, and cases of children present in residences where prostitution occurred (as well as having […]
Oakland is a city of approximately 434,000 residents, located just east of San Francisco on the San Francisco Bay. While there are areas of affluence, most of the city can be described as working class to poor; in 2007, 17% of city residents lived below the poverty line. The city’s economy has been particularly hard […]
Norwalk is a city of approximately 91,000 residents, located between Darien and Westport in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Situated at the juncture of U.S. Route 7 & Interstate 95, the city has dealt with persistent and visible prostitution activity along its major roads for more than four decades. Local forced prostitution and child sex trafficking cases have […]
North Palm Beach is a small city on Florida’s east coast, in Palm Beach County, FL. The city is located north of Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach and, as of 2019, has a population of approximately 13,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city and region. Consumer-level demand provides the […]
Norcross, a northern suburb of Atlanta, has a population of approximately 17,000 and is situated in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Prostitution, as well as several high-profile cases of sex trafficking, have generated considerable problems in the community for years. Trafficking victims have included both adults and minors, both U.S. citizens and foreign-born persons, and both adult women […]
Newark is the largest city in New Jersey, with a population of approximately 307,000. It serves as the government seat of Essex County. The city has documented problems related to prostitution spanning several decades (including documented cases of the sex trafficking of both adults and minors, and targeted homicides of prostituted and trafficked persons) and […]
New Orleans is a city of about 377,000 residents located in southeastern Louisiana, where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico. Prostitution and sex trafficking have a long history in New Orleans, and the city has a deep history of involvement with regional and international prostitution rings and sex trafficking networks. The history of […]
New Haven is the second largest city in Connecticut, with a population of roughly 135,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified as substantial problems in the city for decades. Among the more serious problems associated with the local commercial sex market are child sex trafficking and the targeted homicide of prostituted women. For example, […]
New Hanover County, North Carolina has a population of approximately 232,000, and the city of Wilmington serves as the county seat and is its main population center. Prostitution and sex trafficking of children are known to occur in the county, and to generate a wide range of additional crimes that occur within the context of […]
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