Walnut Grove is a small city of about 700 residents in Redwood County, located in southwestern Minnesota. Prostitution and sex trafficking have not been well-documented within the city, but consequences for sex buying have occurred on at least one occasion through identity disclosure and employment loss. In June 2017, the Walnut Grove Police Chief was […]
Savage is a suburban city of almost 32,000 residents, located 15 miles southwest of downtown Minneapolis in Scott County, Minnesota. Prostitution has been documented in the city, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. For example, a local woman was arrested for prostitution in February 2015 after her ex-husband reported to police that she was soliciting […]
Ripley is a town in southeastern Payne County, Oklahoma. Its population was 269 at the 2020 census, and has declined substantially since 2000, when there were 444 residents. It is located about midway between Tulsa and Oklahoma City, in North-Central Oklahoma. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in incorporated and unincorporated areas of […]
Payne County is located in north-central Oklahoma and has population of approximately 82,000 residents. It is located along the Interstate 35 corridor and is about equidistant from Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Its largest city and county seat is Stillwater, OK. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in incorporated and unincorporated areas of the […]
Pepin is a town of under a thousand residents in Pepin County, located along the banks of the Mississippi River in western Wisconsin, on the border with Minnesota. Prostitution and sex trafficking have not been well-documented within the city, but there have been consequences for a sex buyer on at least one occasion. Identity disclosure […]
Yukon is a city in eastern Canadian County, Oklahoma. It is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area and has a population of approximately 28,000 residents. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and greater county area. This activity and its ancillary crimes have resulted in reports to local law […]
Healdton is a city of approximately 2,700 residents in Carter County, Oklahoma. It is part of the Ardmore Micropolitan Statistical Area. Despite its small population size, instances of prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been documented in the community and surrounding areas. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is […]
Davidson County is a county of approximately 167,000, in North Carolina. Itts county seat is the city of Lexington, and its largest city is Thomasville. Another noteworthy city within the county is High Point, where High Point University is located. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county, including instances relating to gambling, illegal drugs, […]
Maplewood is a city of just over 40,000 residents in Ramsey County, Minnesota, located northeast of St. Paul. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city, including an incident in November 2021, in which a local prostituted woman was charged with second-degree murder in connection with an attempted robbery of a sex buyer […]
Sandusky is a city of about 25,000 residents, located on the shores of Lake Erie between Cleveland and Toledo in northern Ohio. It serves as the county seat of Erie County. Prostitution has been documented in the city and the surrounding county. For example, local residents have been arrested in stings targeting prostituted women. Opportunistic […]
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