Kettering is a city of about 57,000 residents in Montgomery County, Ohio. It is an inner suburb of Dayton. Prostitution and related drug use have been documented in the city and surrounding areas, resulting in complaints to law enforcement from residents. For example, in April 2023, two people were arrested on prostitution charges after an […]
Potosi is a city of about 3,000 residents and is the county seat of Washington County, Missouri. The city is located roughly 72 miles southwest of St. Louis. Child sex trafficking and related child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) have been documented in the city. At least one sex buyer arrest has occurred locally, and employment […]
Boothbay Harbor is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, on the Atlantic Coast near Brunswick and Damariscotta. The town’s population is roughly 2,200. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the county, including within Boothbay Harbor, and this activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results […]
Athens is a city that serves as the county seat of Athens County, Ohio. Its population was approximately 24,000 at the 2020 census. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and throughout the region . This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Among the […]
Del Mar is a beach town in San Diego County, California, located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. Its population is just under 4,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented throughout the county, and in the Del Mar area, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Among the […]
Lancaster County is located in the Northern Neck area of northeastern Virginia. As of the 2020 census, its population was approximately 11,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the region. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and local law enforcement agencies have employed demand reduction tactics within the county. […]
Ouray County is located in southwestern Colorado, and has a population of approximately 5,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, dating back to the 1800s when the city of Ouray was established as a mining town with brothels in a “red light district.” Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market […]
Burke County, North Carolina has population of approximately 88,000, and is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat is the city of Morganton. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. For […]
Lewisville is a Texas city that lies predominantly within Denton County, with a small part within Dallas County. It is considered a suburban community within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, and its population is approximately 113,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented throughout the region, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law […]
Shallowater is a city in Lubbock County, Texas, with a population of approximately 3,000. Shallowater is on U.S. Route 84 and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe line, about 12 miles northwest of Lubbock, and is within the Lubbock metropolitan statistical area. Prostitution activity has been well-documented throughout Lubbock County, and the problems and ancillary crimes it […]
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