Marshall is a city in Lyon County, Minnesota, with approximately 14,000 people. Marshall is a regional center in southwest Minnesota and the county seat of Lyon County. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities and unincorporated areas of Lyon county. Among the more serious crimes associated with the […]
Fort Valley is a city in the Macon metropolitan area of Georgia. It has a population of fewer than 10,000 and serves as the government seat of Peach County. A wide range of problems and ancillary crimes associated with prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and generate complaints to police from […]
Lynn is a city of approximately 100,000 residents, located roughly 15 miles north of Boston in Essex County, Massachusetts. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city, and generate complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is the […]
Marion County is located in central Indiana and has a population of approximately 980,000. The county seat is Indianapolis, the state’s capital and largest city. County and Indianapolis residents, businesses, police, and others have recognized the area’s substantial prostitution problem for decades. They acknowledge the link between commercial sex and other crimes, including the sex […]
Barnstable is a city of approximately 50,000 residents, located on Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities on Cape Cod. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses, and […]
Hyannis is a village of approximately 14,000 residents, located on Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the town and surrounding communities on Cape Cod. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses, and […]
Maple Grove is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota. It is within the broader Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 70,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has 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 […]
Ramsey County has a population of approximately 543,000, and its largest city and county seat is St. Paul, Minnesota’s state capital. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities and unincorporated areas of the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul metro region. St. Paul has experienced a wide range of problems associated […]
Shelburne is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont. It is a suburb of Burlington located on the shore of Lake Champlain, and has a population of roughly 7,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the area have been well-documented for over a decade. For example, in February 2013, a man was sentenced in U.S. District Court […]
Kay County is located north of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and has approximately 44,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in its communities and unincorporated areas, particularly in the rest stops and exits on the Interstate 35 corridor that runs north/south through the county. Among the more serious problems associated with prostitution in […]
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