Charlotte is a city in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It is the largest city in the state, with a population of approximately 880,000 residents. The city also has the highest number of reported sex trafficking cases in North Carolina each year, according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline. Street prostitution has been a persistent and […]
Champaign is a city of 89,000 residents in east/central Illinois. Problems associated with the local commercial sex market have been well documented and include cases of sex trafficking. For example, in January, 2021, the U.S. District court sentenced a man to multiple life prison terms for trafficking young women for sex. The man ran his […]
Casper is a city in Central Wyoming with a population of about 59,000 residents. It is the county seat of Natrona County, WY. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by police as a persistent presence in the city, and has led to tips and complaints from residents. Among the more serious issues associated with […]
Canton is a city of 70,000 in eastern Ohio’s Stark County. Prostitution and sex trafficking of both adults and minors have posed problems in the city for several decades. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes […]
Buffalo is the second largest city in New York, with approximately 260,000 residents. It is the county seat of Erie County. Prostitution at street level, facilitated online, and occurring within adult-oriented businesses has caused persistent and formidable problems within the city for decades. Residents on the East Side and West Side, in particular, have complained […]
Brownsville is a city of about 182,300 residents located at the southernmost tip of Texas’ Cameron County, near Harlingen and McAllen and directly across the border from Matamoros, Mexico. Prostitution and sex trafficking have posed persistent and visible problems in the community for at least two decades, and have generated complaints to police. Among the […]
Bristol Township is a municipality located on the eastern border of Pennsylvania, and has a population of about 54,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented problems locally, and Bristol Township police have conducted multiple street-level reverse stings, usually in response to complaints from the community. Those arrested have had their names, ages, and addresses […]
Bridgeton is a city of roughly 27,000 residents, located in southern New Jersey’s Cumberland County near Millville and Vineland. Prostitution, particularly indoor prostitution, has proven to be a severe and visible problem in the community for decades. On several occasions, Bridgeton Police Department officers have conducted raids and sweeps of suspected brothels in the city, often […]
Bremerton is a city of approximately 44,000 residents in Washington state. It is situated across Puget Sound from Seattle in Kitsap County, WA. It is home to the Puget Sound Naval Base, a major U.S. Navy base in the city which has provided a large, disproportionately male, military population. This has resulted in a large […]
Boynton Beach is a city of approximately 80,000 residents in Palm Beach County, FL, near Delray Beach and West Palm Beach. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. Among the more serious issues associated with the city’s commercial sex market are child sex trafficking and the commercial […]
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