Boulder County is a county located in Colorado with a population of approximately 330,000 residents. The most populous municipality in the county and the county seat is Boulder, CO. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been substantial problems in the county for decades. Among the more serious crimes associated with the county’s commercial sex market is […]
Weld County is a county in the U.S. state of Colorado located just north of Denver. The county has a population of approximately 340,000 residents and its government seat and largest city is Greeley, CO. Weld County comprises the Greeley Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Denver–Aurora Combined Statistical Area. Instances of prostitution […]
Golden is a city and former gold rush town of approximately 20,000 residents, located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is the county seat of Jefferson County, CO. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated residential complaints to […]
Medford is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, with approximately 24,000 residents. Chronic prostitution activity, including the forced prostitution of minors, has been reported throughout the county for years. For example, in July 2014, the Medford Township Police Department initiated a six-month-long investigation of illegal activities at a residence on Tallowood Drive in the […]
Menifee is a city of approximately 106,000 residents in Riverside County, California, within the Los Angeles Combined Statistical Area. The city is centrally located in Southern California, in the Menifee Valley, about 15 miles north of Temecula and just north of Murrieta. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented throughout the county for decades, […]
Colchester is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, that has a population of about 17,500. It borders Burlington, Vermont’s most populous city. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to be widespread in the city and surrounding areas, and have been for decades. For example, in November 1981 a man was arrested and charged with operating […]
Forest Grove is an Oregon city of about 26,000 in Washington County, located about 25 miles west of Portland. Originally a small farm town, it is now primarily a commuter suburb in the Portland metro area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well documented in the city – and throughout Washington County – for […]
Storrs is a village and census-designated place in the town of Mansfield, in eastern Tolland County, Connecticut. Its resident population is roughly 16,000, and the community is dominated economically and demographically by the main campus of the University of Connecticut. Prostitution has been well-documented in the city for decades. For example, in May 1994, the student […]
Ville Platte is the largest city in and the parish seat of Evangeline Parish, located in central Louisiana. Its population is approximately 6,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of Evangeline Parish. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to […]
Chataignier is a village of under 300 residents in Evangeline Parish, located in central Louisiana. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the Parish. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Consequences for […]
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