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Greenville is a city in northwestern South Carolina, with a population of approximately 72,000 residents. It is the county seat of Greenville County, SC. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been known to occur in the city. For example, in 2012 an Upstate man was arrested for child sex trafficking in Greenville. The sex trafficker’s arrest […]
Gordon Heights is a hamlet and census-designated area with roughly 4,200 residents within the town of Brookhaven, located in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented as problems within the town and surrounding areas for decades. To address the consumer demand underlying the area’s commercial sex market, which […]
Genesee County is located in eastern Michigan and has a population of approximately 400,000. The county seat and population center is the city of Flint. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-established problems in the county and surrounding areas. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies […]
Gastonia is a city of approximately 77,000 residents, located in the western suburbs of Charlotte, North Carolina. The city has experienced numerous problems associated with prostitution, including the assault and robbery of prostituted women and of sex buyers. To combat rampant street prostitution in certain city neighborhoods, the Gastonia Police Department conducted a series of […]
Fort Smith is a city of approximately 90,000 residents, situated along Arkansas’ northwest border with Oklahoma in Sebastian County. Prostitution has been associated with a number of local problems and has generated complaints to police. Among the more serious issues associated with the city’s commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. For example, in 2010, […]
Fort Lauderdale is a city of approximately 182,000 residents, situated along Florida’s eastern coast in Broward County, FL. Like the neighboring communities of Dania Beach, Wilton Manors, Pompano Beach, Hollywood, Plantation, and Tamarac, the city has experienced longstanding and well-documented problems related to prostitution and sex trafficking – including cases of serial rapists and serial […]
Federal Way is a city of 99,000 residents located King County, Washington. Among the problems associated with the local commercial sex market have been targeted sexual assault of disabled persons, targeted homicide against prostituted women, and sex trafficking of children. In 2014, a Federal Way man admitted to having sex with a 51-year old woman […]
Fargo is an eastern North Dakota city of approximately 124,000 located in Cass County. Police report that commercial sex is a substantial problem in the area, especially at local hotels and motels. In recent years there have been more sex trafficking-related arrests in the area. The majority of commercial sex in the area has moved […]
Fall River is a city of approximately 94,000 residents, located 18 miles east of Providence in Bristol County, Massachusetts. Both prostitution and sex trafficking of children are well-documented local problems, and at least one serial killer who specifically targeted prostituted women has operated in the city. In an effort to curtail prostitution activity in the […]
Everett is a city of 112,000 residents located in Snohomish County, Washington, just 25 miles north of Seattle. It has a population of roughly 112,000 residents. Among the problems associated with the local commercial sex market have been the sexual exploitation of minors and targeted sexual assault against prostituted women. For example, in October 2018, […]
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