Springfield is a city of approximately 63,000 residents in Western Oregon, located just east of Eugene, OR, in Lane County, OR. Prostitution has been a persistent problem for city law enforcement in recent years, with commercial sex activity concentrated along Main Street and the city’s downtown area. Among the more serious issues associated with the […]
Spokane is a city of approximately 230,000 residents, located in Eastern Washington, near Idaho, and is the second largest city in the state. It is the largest city and the county seat of Spokane County. Prostitution has been a persistent and visible problem in the area for decades. Among the more serious negative outcomes of […]
Sonoma County is located on the northern coast of California, and has a population of approximately 486,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by law enforcement as substantial problems in the city, and residents have complained to police about prostitution in certain neighborhoods. Violence and other crimes, such as drugs and physical assault of […]
Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest, with approximately 734,000 residents. It is the largest city and county seat of King County, WA. The city has struggled with persistent and widespread prostitution and sex trafficking problems for many years, with frontier brothels established in the community in the 1850s, decades before Washington statehood. […]
Santa Cruz is a coastal city of just under 63,000 residents, situated along the central California coast, south of San Jose. Local residents and law enforcement have reported numerous problems with prostitution, sex trafficking, and related crimes for at least two decades. Sex trafficked girls have been discovered during anti-prostitution investigations in the city on multiple occasions; in at […]
Sacramento County is a county of approximately 1.6 million residents, including the cities Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, and North Highlands, California. The county has had activity of serial rapists and murderers that specifically targeted prostituted women. Many cases of child sex trafficking have been documented in the county, as have assaults, rapes, weapons offenses, and other, […]
Sacramento is the capital city of California, and has a population of approximately 500,000. Numerous local crimes accompanying prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented for decades. In a recent example, in April, 2023, it was announced that three girls aged 13 to 16 were rescued and over 100 people were arrested in a Sacramento […]
Rochester is a city of approximately 200,000 residents, located east of Buffalo in Monroe County, New York. The city has experienced chronic and well-documented issues related to prostitution and sex trafficking for many decades. A recent example includes a case in which a Rochester man pled guilty to sex trafficking by coercion, admitting to using […]
Rochester is a city of approximately 121,000 residents, located about an hour’s drive south of St. Paul in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported in the city for decades, as have cases of assaults and robberies committed against sexually exploited persons as well as sex buyers. In an effort to reduce […]
Richland County is located in central South Carolina, and its population center is the city of Columbia. The county has an approximate population of 422,000. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office has conducted street-level reverse stings since at least 1989. Complaints from the community, at times, have focused police attention around Two Notch and Bush River […]
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