Nueces County is a county of approximately 363,000 residents, located on the southeast coast of Texas. Its county seat and largest city is Corpus Christi, TX. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated residential reports to local […]
Pickaway County, Ohio has a population of approximately 59,000 residents, and is a part of the Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat is Circleville. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county and surrounding areas. Among the more serious issues associated with the county’s commercial sex market is child sex […]
Columbiana County, Ohio has a population of approximately 101,000 and its government seat is the city of Lisbon. It is located on the state’s border with Pennsylvania, about 20 miles south of Youngstown and 40 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. Other cities within the county include East Palestine, Salem, and Hanoverton. Prostitution and sex trafficking, and […]
Big Rapids is the county seat of Mecosta County, MI and has a population of approximately 9,000 residents. The city is located within Big Rapids Township, but is politically independent. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated residential complaints […]
Bessemer is a southwestern suburb of Birmingham in Jefferson County, AL, and has a population of roughly 27,000 residents. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is sex trafficking of adults and minors. For example, […]
Shorter is a town of about 350 residents in Macon County, AL. Macon County is located in the east central part of the state, and county seat is Tuskegee. The town of Shorter lies about midway between Tuskegee and Montgomery, AL. Instances of prostitution have been documented in the city and surrounding areas. The Shorter […]
Montpelier is the capital city of Vermont. It has a population of approximately 7,500 people, making it the smallest state capital in the United States. It is located in Northern Vermont, 35 miles SE of Burlington, and serves as the government seat of Washington County. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented problems throughout Vermont, […]
Circleville is a city of about 14,000 residents located in Pickaway County, Ohio, situated about 25 miles south of Columbus. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas, generating complaints to police by residents. For example, in January 2018, officers with the Circleville Police Department responded to a […]
Los Angeles County, officially known as the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States and in the state of California, with a population of more than ten million residents. The city of Los Angeles, CA is the county seat, the county’s largest city, […]
Salem is a city of approximately 12,000 residents in northern Ohio, located in Columbiana County, with a small section in southern Mahoning County. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems locally, and the local sex trade produces many additional crimes such as violence and drug offenses. Child sex trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of […]
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