Upper Arlington is a city of about 36,000 residents in Franklin County, Ohio, located on the northwest side of the Columbus metropolitan area. Prostitution is a well-documented problem in the city. For example, in October 2013, an Upper Arlington woman was arrested and charged with prostitution after allegedly inviting men to have paid sex at […]
Batesville is a city in Franklin and Ripley counties in the state of Indiana. Its population is roughly 7,200, making it the largest community in both counties but is not the county seat of either. Arrest, identity disclosure, and loss of employment are consequences of buying sex that have occurred in Batesville. In August, 2015, […]
Los Angeles County, officially known as the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States and in the state of California, with a population of more than ten million residents. The city of Los Angeles, CA is the county seat, the county’s largest city, […]
Lancaster is a city in Dallas County, TX with a population of approximately 41,000 residents. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have recently been documented in the city. Among the more serious issues associated with the commercial sex market in the city is sex trafficking, often victimizing children. For example, in 2017, a Lancaster man […]
Brunswick County is a county located in the southernmost part of North Carolina and has a population of approximately 137,000 residents. Its county seat is Bolivia, NC. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented within the county. Among the more serious issues associated with the commercial sex market in the county is sex […]
Ottawa is a village in and the county seat of Putnam County, Ohio, and has a population of approximately 4,000 residents. It is located about 50 miles southwest of Toledo. Although instances of prostitution and sex trafficking are not substantial issues in the city, instances of their occurrence have been reported. Among the more serious […]
Winsted is a census-designated place in Litchfield County, CT, that has a population of approximately 6.500 residents. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking are not known to be widespread problems within the city, but have occurred in surrounding areas within the county. For example, in 1999, a Litchfield County man was convicted for promoting prostitution, […]
Leon County is a county in the Panhandle of the state of Florida. Its county seat is also the state of Florida’s capitol, Tallahassee, FL, and has a population of approximately 293,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by law enforcement as pervasive problems in the county, in addition, there have been reports […]
Coachella is a city in Riverside County, California. It is the easternmost city in the Coachella Valley, in Southern California’s Colorado Desert region. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been widespread and well-documented throughout Riverside County for decades, and have been identified as substantial problems in many of its communities (e.g., Corona, Hemet, Lake Elsinore, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Riverside, Temecula) and […]
Allegany County is a county in the northwestern of Maryland and has a population of approximately 68,000 residents. Its county seat is Cumberland, MD. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in Allegany County. Among the more serious issues associated with the commercial sex market is sex trafficking. For example, in June of […]
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