Shawnee County is located in Northeast Kansas, in the central United States with a population of approximately 179,000 residents, making it the third-most populous county in Kansas. Its most populous city and county seat, Topeka, is the also state capital. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by law enforcement as problems in the county. […]
Payne County is located in north-central Oklahoma and has population of approximately 82,000 residents. It is located along the Interstate 35 corridor and is about equidistant from Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Its largest city and county seat is Stillwater, OK. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in incorporated and unincorporated areas of the […]
Eagan is a city of about 66,000 residents, located south of St. Paul on the banks of the Minnesota River in Dakota County. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas, including child sex trafficking, which has resulted in complaints to law enforcement. There has also been a case in […]
East Liverpool is a city of just under 11,000 residents in southern Columbiana County in the Upper Ohio Valley. Located along the Ohio River, it borders Pennsylvania to the east and West Virginia to the south. Prostitution and child sexual exploitation have been documented in the city and county, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. […]
Hamilton County is located in southwestern Ohio and has approximately 830,000 residents. The largest city and county seat is Cincinnati, OH. A wide range of problems stemming from the local commercial sex market have been documented such as the kidnapping, rape, assault, and homicide of prostituted women. This activity and its ancillary crimes have resulted […]
Skamania County is a county of approximately 12,000 residents located in Washington state. The county seat and largest incorporated city is Stevenson, WA. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in its incorporated communities and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to […]
Spokane County is a county located in the Northeastern corner of Washington state, near the Idaho border, and has a population of approximately 546,000 residents. Spokane, WA, is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, WA, it is also is the second largest city in the state. Prostitution has been a persistent and […]
East Hempfield Township is a community in west-central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with a population of roughly 24,000. Prostitution has a long history within the county, as documented in historical documents dating back to the 1880s and through Temperance efforts to abolish the open trade in brothels in the early 1900s. In contemporary times, prostitution has […]
Boulder County is a county located in Colorado with a population of approximately 330,000 residents. The most populous municipality in the county and the county seat is Boulder, CO. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been substantial problems in the county for decades. Among the more serious crimes associated with the county’s commercial sex market is […]
Davidson County is located in central Tennessee, with a population or about 704,000, making it the second most populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Nashville, the state capital and largest city. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by numerous constituencies as a substantial problem in Nashville and surrounding areas. The history of […]
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