Berrien County is a county of about 154,000 residents in the southwestern corner of Michigan, located on the shores of Lake Michigan and bordering Indiana. The county seat is the city of St. Joseph. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county, resulting in complaints to law enforcement from residents and businesses. Drugs […]
Jackson County is a county of about 158,000 residents in southern Michigan, approximately 40 miles west of Ann Arbor. Its county seat is Jackson. Prostitution and sex trafficking, including child sex trafficking, have been documented in the county, resulting in complaints from residents. For example, in 2014 a Jackson man was convicted of sex trafficking […]
Calhoun County is a county of about 134,000 residents in southern Michigan, approximately 75 miles west of Ann Arbor. Its county seat is Marshall and its largest city is Battle Creek. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been persistent and visible in the cities and incorporated areas within the county, and the problems and ancillary […]
Sedgwick County is located in the U.S. state of Kansas with a population of approximately 524,000 residents, making it the second-most populous county in Kansas. Its county seat is Wichita, the most populous city in the state. The county lies at the junction of Interstate 35 and U.S. Route 54 and has struggled with commercial […]
Shawnee County is located in Northeast Kansas, in the central United States with a population of approximately 179,000 residents, making it the third-most populous county in Kansas. Its most populous city and county seat, Topeka, is the also state capital. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by law enforcement as problems in the county. […]
Riley County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas and has a population of approximately 75,000 residents. Its largest city and county seat is Manhattan, KS. Riley County is home to two of Kansas’s largest employers: Fort Riley and Kansas State University. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been reported in the […]
Rushville is a small city of about 2,000 residents and is the county seat of Schuyler County, located in western Illinois approximately 60 miles northwest of Springfield. Prostitution and sex trafficking have not been well-documented problems in the city, but demand-reduction tactics have been used on at least on occasion. Employment loss is a consequence […]
Geary County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas with approximately 37,000 residents. Its county seat and most populous city is Junction City, KS. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and its ancillary crimes has generated complaints to local law […]
Burton is a city of just under 30,000 residents in southeastern Michigan. Located in Genesee County, it is a suburb directly east of Flint. Prostitution and sex trafficking, including child sex trafficking, have been documented in the city, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. For example, in 2013 three people were arrested for sex trafficking […]
Kent County is a county of about 653,000 residents in southwestern Michigan, with a county seat in Grand Rapids. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county for decades. Problems related to the local commercial sex market include cases of drugs involved in prostitution, attempted sex trafficking through violence and assault, child sex […]
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