Severance is a Statutory Town of approximately 5,600 residents in the U.S. state of Colorado, located in Weld County, CO. The town is located on the Colorado Eastern Plains, northwest of Greeley, CO. Although prostitution and sex trafficking are not pervasive issues in the town, reports of their occurrence have been made. In effort to […]
Carolina Beach is a small coastal town of approximately 6,000 residents in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Prostitution has been known to occur in the community, alongside related crimes of rape and child sexual abuse. In August 2017, a former Carolina Beach reserve police officer was convicted and sentenced to prison for posing as an […]
Las Cruces is a city of approximately 113,000 residents in the southern part of the U.S. state of New Mexico, on the edge of the Chihuahuan Desert, situated along the New Mexico-Texas-Mexico border, near El Paso, TX. It is the largest city and county seat of Doña Ana County, NM. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity […]
Amsterdam is a city of about 18,000 residents in eastern New York, located in Montgomery County almost 40 miles northwest of Albany. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and surrounding areas. For example, in July 2018, two people were pulled over and arrested in Amsterdam in connection with the sex trafficking […]
Jackson Center is a village in western Ohio of approximately 1,000 residents, located in Shelby County about 50 miles north of Springfield. Prostitution and sex trafficking have not been well documented in the village, but there have been reports of this activity in the larger county area, specifically in the nearby city of Sidney. Identity […]
Mercer County is a county of approximately 111,000 residents located in western Pennsylvania on the border with Ohio, about 65 miles north of Pittsburgh. The county seat is Mercer, and its largest city is Hermitage. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county, including an incident in which a Farrell police officer was […]
Missoula County is a county of approximately 120,000 residents, located in Western Montana. Its county seat and largest city is Missoula, MT. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county. Local businesses and residents have complained about prostitution, and the community plays a role in law enforcement deciding to conduct enforcement […]
Payette is a city of roughly 8,400 residents in southwestern Idaho and is the county seat of Payette County. Payette County lies along U.S. Route 95 in the Treasure Valley of southwest Idaho, about 50 miles west of Boise, and borders the state of Oregon. It is part of the Ontario, OR Micropolitan Statistical Area. […]
Fruitland is a city in southwestern Idaho of approximately 5,000 residents, located in Payette County. It lies along U.S. Route 95 in the Treasure Valley of southwest Idaho, about 50 miles west of Boise, and borders the state of Oregon. It is part of the Ontario, OR Micropolitan Area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have […]
Kalamazoo County is a county located in the state of Michigan. As of 2020, the county population was over 261,000. The county seat is the city of Kalamazoo, with a population of about 76,000 residents, located in southwestern Michigan. A number of serious crimes and other problems are associated with the local commercial sex market […]
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