Bowling Green is a city of roughly 74,000 residents in southwestern Kentucky, about midway between Nashville and Louisville. Prostitution and human trafficking have been well-documented problems in the city for decades. For example, in May, 1973, a woman announced that she had run a thriving brothel in the city for more than 40 years, dating […]
Boulder is a city of roughly 104,000 residents, located 25 miles northwest of Denver in Boulder County, CO. The city is known to have substantial problems associated with prostitution and sex trafficking. Among the more serious crimes associated with the county’s commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. For example, in 2012, the city of Boulder […]
Blue Ash is city in southwestern Ohio of roughly 13,000 residents. It is an inner suburb of Cincinnati, located in Hamilton County, OH. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city, surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Hamilton County. For example, in December 2016, two men were indicted for operating a […]
Situated in the southern part of the state, Billings is the largest city in Montana (and county seat of Yellowstone County, MT) with approximately 110,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent and visible problems in the area for decades, including through illicit massage businesses and in motels along highway routes. The state has a […]
Bensalem Township is a township of approximately 61,000 residents, located in Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania. Prostitution and child sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the community and surrounding area, with activity frequently concentrated in and around the township’s many hotels and motels along the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Since 2012, local law enforcement have reported at […]
Beckley, West Virginia is a small city of less than 17,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented local problems for decades. Community complaints about prostitution have led police to conduct prostitution operations. Reasoning that reducing demand would cause the market to contract and reduce the need for a supply to be present, […]
Beaver Falls is a town of less than 10,000 residents in Western Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh and Aliquippa, located in Beaver County, PA. Prostitution has been recognized as a local problem for decades, and community complaints have played a role in police deciding to allocate resources and conduct investigations and enforcement operations. To combat the consumer-level demand […]
Beaumont is a city a Southeastern Texas city, located in Jefferson County, TX, and has a population of roughly 117,000 residents. Prostitution is a persistent and visible problem in the area, generating complaints to police from businesses and residents. Among the more serious problems associated with commercial sex in the area include sex trafficking and […]
Battle Creek is the third-largest city in Michigan, with approximately 53,000 residents. It is located in southern Michigan, within Calhoun County. Prostitution has been well-documented in the city, surrounding communities, and in other areas of the county. This activity, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from […]
Aurora is a city with approximately 390,000 residents in Colorado, located immediately east of Denver, CO. The City of Aurora is a Home Rule Municipality located in Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties. Parts of the city have been well-known for outdoor prostitution “stroll.” Prostitution, associated street crime, and blight have been concentrated on Colfax Avenue, […]
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