Denver is a consolidated city and county government in Colorado with a population of approximately about 711,000 residents. It is the 22nd largest city in the United States and is the state capital of Colorado. The history of Denver as nexus for prostitution originates from the now defunct red-light district known as “The Row,” and […]
DeKalb County is located in Central Georgia and has a population of approximately 755,000 residents. It contains 10% of the city of Atlanta within its boundaries, as well as the communities of Decatur, Dunwoody, Brookhaven, Lithonia, and Stone Mountain. Numerous cases of prostitution and the sex trafficking (of both adults and minors) have been well-documented […]
Decatur is a city of approximately 70,000 residents, located east of Springfield in Macon County, Illinois. Serious problems related to prostitution, including the trafficking and exploitation of minors for commercial sex, have been reported in the city for over two decades. In 1991, for example, a 16-year-old girl was trafficked out of Decatur by an […]
Dallas is a city located in Dallas County, TX and with a population of approximately 1.3 million residents, it is the ninth-largest city in the United States. Due to the city’s location, prostitution and sex trafficking have been significant issues within the city and in surrounding areas. The city of Dallas is a destination location […]
Cumberland County is in central North Carolina with roughly 335,000 residents, making it the state’s fifth most populous county. The county contains the city of Fayetteville and has had numerous well-documented cases of prostitution and sex trafficking, in addition to a wide range of crimes involving prostituted persons and sex buyers. For example, in May […]
Cumberland County is a county of approximately 260,000 residents in western Pennsylvania and its county seat is Carlisle, PA. Cumberland County is included in the Harrisburg–Carlisle, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is known to have been on regional sex trafficking circuits since the 1980s, if not before, and local prostitution has been a persistent […]
Council Bluffs is a city of roughly 62,000 residents, located on Iowa’s western border near Omaha, Nebraska. Complaints from residents about prostitution date back to the 1870s, when the city was a Western frontier town. More recently, the community has documented multiple cases of sex trafficking (of both adults and minors), and targeted sexual assaults and homicides of women selling sex. In their efforts […]
Cottage Grove is a city of approximately 40,000 residents, located just south of St. Paul and Minneapolis in Washington County, Minnesota. Prostitution activity, at times involving minors, has been reported in the city for years. In October 2015, for example, a 43-year-old man was arrested and charged with “engaging in prostitution with a 16-year-old and […]
Corpus Christi is a city of approximately 318,000 residents, located on the southeast coast of Texas. Most of the city lies within Nueces County, but the boundaries also extend into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio Counties. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city for decades. Corpus Christi police and public […]
Coram is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Brookhaven on Long Island, in Suffolk County, with a population of about 40,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented in the area for decades, and remain problematic to the present. In March, 2019, five men were arrested on multiple charges after authorities […]
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