Fairmont is a city of about 18,000 residents located in Marion County, in the northern part of West Virginia. Sex Trafficking and prostitution have been well-documented problems in Fairmont and throughout the county for decades, including a case in which a mother offered her daughter to be sexually abused in exchange for money. Among the […]
Evansville is a city of about 118,000 residents, located in Vanderburgh County in southwestern Indiana. City law enforcement has fielded complaints about prostitution from residents and businesses for decades. The city has also documented multiple cases of targeted sexual assaults and homicides of prostituted women, and at least one case of forced prostitution (i.e., sex […]
Eureka is located on the Pacific coast in northern California. It is the largest city in the state north of San Francisco, with a population of approximately 26,500. The historic Old Town is the most notorious area for prostitution in Eureka, and has been the setting for the majority of the Eureka Police Department’s prostitution […]
As the second largest city in Oregon, Eugene has a population of approximately 170,000 residents and is the county seat of Lane County. The city is home to the University of Oregon and is situated along the Willamette River. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known problems in the city, and the ancillary crimes they generate […]
Enfield is a town of about 44,000 residents located in the northern part of Connecticut, on the border with Massachusetts. The majority of the prostitution in Enfield takes place through arrangements made over the internet, and meeting up at specified locations. For example, in August 2018, police released the names of eight people arrested during […]
Elmhurst is a Cook County suburb of Chicago, with a population of around 47,000. In Elmhurst, prostitution is believed to occur more often indoors than on the streets, and the majority of the prostitution and sex trafficking solicitations have been made over the internet. In response, local officials have included demand-reduction tactics in their efforts […]
Easton is a city of approximately 28,000 residents in eastern Pennsylvania, located in Northampton County, PA, on the eastern edge of the Lehigh Valley near Allentown and Bethlehem. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented problems in the city and greater county area for decades. This activity and its ancillary crimes has resulted in reports […]
East Bridgewater is a town of about 14,500 located about 26 miles south of Boston. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the community have been well documented problems for decades. 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 […]
Durham is a city of about 276,000 residents located 30 miles northeast of North Carolina’s capital, Raleigh. It is the county seat of Durham County. Cases of prostitution, sex trafficking, and child sex trafficking are prevalant within Durham. Ancillary crimes as well as serious crimes against prostituted women, including assault and murder, have also been […]
Dubuque is a city of about 59,000 located along the Mississippi River on the northeast border of Iowa. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented and persistent problems in the city dating back at least to the 1970s. Among the efforts to combat them have been tactics intended to deter consumer level demand for commercial […]
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