Lafayette Parish is a county in Louisiana located an hour west of Baton Rouge. It has a population of roughly 244,000, and its government seat is the city of Lafayette. Prostitution and related activity have been well-documented in the cities and surrounding areas of the parish. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it […]
Blaine is a city in Anoka and Ramsey counties in the State of Minnesota. The population is about 71,000 residents. The city is located mainly in Anoka County, and is part of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the greater Minneapolis/St. […]
Anoka County is the fourth-most-populous county in Minnesota, with a population of over 367,000. The county seat is the city of Anoka, and the largest city within the county is Blaine. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul metro region, including within Anoka […]
Lancaster County is located in southeast Pennsylvania. Lancaster is the county seat and largest city in Lancaster County. Prostitution has a long history in the county, as documented in historical documents dating back to the 1880s and through Temperance efforts to abolish the open trade in brothels in the early 1900s.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 […]
Lyon County is located in southwest Minnesota, and prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the county. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and […]
Grady County is part of the Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is located southeast of Oklahoma City and directly west of Norman. The county has a population of roughly 56,000, and the county seat is Chickasha. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the county. Consumer-level demand provides the revenue stream […]
Arapahoe County the third-most populous county in Colorado, with approximately 655,000 residents. The county seat is Littleton, and its most populous city is Aurora (with over 369,000 residents). Parts of the county have been well-known outdoor prostitution “strolls.” Prostitution and associated street crime and blight have been concentrated on Colfax Avenue, which runs through both […]
Crow Wing County is included in the Brainerd Micropolitan Statistical Area of Minnesota, and has a population of about 67,000. Its county seat is Brainerd, and the county also includes the communities of Baxter and Breezy Point. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in these cities and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas […]
Alameda County is included in the San Francisco Bay Area, occupying much of the East Bay region in Northern California. The county’s population is about 1.649 million, and the county seat is the city of Oakland. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented throughout the county for decades. While there are areas of affluence, […]
Alamance County is located in central North Carolina, and has a population of about 171,000. Throughout the county’s communities (e.g., Burlington, Mebane, Graham) and unincorporated areas, local prostitution generates numerous complaints to police and is linked to a number of other serious crime types, including child endangerment and sex trafficking. In May 2019, Alamance County deputies […]
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