Benton County is a county of approximately 92,000 residents located in Western Oregon. Situated along the Interstate 5 corridor, its county seat is the city of Corvallis. It also contains parts of Albany. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county. Among the more serious crimes associated with the commercial sex market is […]
Multnomah County has approximately 803,000 residents and is located in northwestern Oregon. The county seat and the state’s largest city is Portland. Multnomah County is part of the Portland–Vancouver (WA)–Hillsboro OR–WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city of Portland and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Multnomah […]
Milwaukee County is the most populous county in Wisconsin and the 45th most populous in the United States, with a population of approximately 950,000. Over half of the population (595,000) resides in the city of Milwaukee, which abuts Lake Michigan. The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office often collaborates with municipal Police Departments, including Glendale, Wauwatosa, West […]
Johnston is a city in Polk County, Iowa, and has a population of about 24,000. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area, located near the center of the state. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities in Polk county. This activity and the […]
Brevard County on the east coast of Florida, and has a population of approximately 600,000. The county seat is Titusvile, and other population centers within the county include the cities of Melbourne, West Melbourne, Palm Bay, and Cocoa. Prostitution and sex trafficking cases in the county date back decades, and have generated many other crimes, […]
Martin County is located in the Treasure Coast region of Florida on the Atlantic Coast. Its population is about 160,000, and the county seat is the city of Stuart. Martin County is in the Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Statistical Area. Among other cities in the county is Hobe Sound. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in […]
Norton is a city of approximately 20,000 residents in southern Massachusetts, near the cities of Taunton and Attleboro. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. Consumer-level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been […]
Prescott Valley is a town located in Yavapai County, Arizona about 8 miles east of Prescott, with a population of about 48,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results […]
Elyria is a city in the Greater Cleveland metropolitan statistical area, and serves as the county seat of Lorain County, Ohio. It is located in Northeast Ohio, about 25 miles southwest of Cleveland, and has a population of approximately 53,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and unincorporated areas of […]
Lorain County is located in northeastern Ohio within the Cleveland–Elyria Metropolitan Statistical Area, and has a population of approximately 309,000 residents. Its county seat is Elyria. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in […]
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