Denver is a consolidated city and county government in Colorado with a population of approximately about 711,000 residents. It is the 22nd largest city in the United States and is the state capital of Colorado. The history of Denver as nexus for prostitution originates from the now defunct red-light district known as “The Row,” and […]
Delray Beach is a city of 68,000, located along the southeastern coast of Florida in Palm Beach County. Prostitution, occurring both at street-level and within adult-oriented businesses, has posed serious problems in the community for several decades. For example, in February 2018, two Delray Beach men were arrested and faced human-trafficking charges after city police […]
DeKalb County is located in Central Georgia and has a population of approximately 755,000 residents. It contains 10% of the city of Atlanta within its boundaries, as well as the communities of Decatur, Dunwoody, Brookhaven, Lithonia, and Stone Mountain. Numerous cases of prostitution and the sex trafficking (of both adults and minors) have been well-documented […]
Daytona Beach is a city of approximately 74,000 residents, located an hour north of Orlando in Volusia County, Florida. Commercial sex activity has posed considerable problems in the community for several decades, and has been linked to cases of suspected sex trafficking, incidents of child endangerment, and targeted sexual assaults and homicides of prostituted persons. The […]
Dayton is a city of approximately 140,000 residents, located 50 miles north of Cincinnati in Montgomery County, Ohio. Numerous crimes associated with the local commercial sex market have been documented in the city for decades, including illicit drug offenses, targeted homicides, assault, and rape of prostituted people, and the sex trafficking of children. Sex buyers have […]
Dallas is a city located in Dallas County, TX and with a population of approximately 1.3 million residents, it is the ninth-largest city in the United States. Due to the city’s location, prostitution and sex trafficking have been significant issues within the city and in surrounding areas. The city of Dallas is a destination location […]
Cumberland County is a county of approximately 260,000 residents in western Pennsylvania and its county seat is Carlisle, PA. Cumberland County is included in the Harrisburg–Carlisle, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is known to have been on regional sex trafficking circuits since the 1980s, if not before, and local prostitution has been a persistent […]
Columbus is a central Ohio city and the state capital, and has a population of approximately 907,000 residents. It is the government seat of Franklin County, Ohio. The city was an “early adopter” among cities in the U.S. that have focused on combating demand for commercial sex. Prostitution has been a problem in the city […]
Colorado Springs is a city of approximately 484,000 residents, located south of Denver along Interstate 25 in El Paso County, CO. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented issues in the city. For example, between January 2014 and August 2014, researchers identified and recovered 25 underage victims of commercial sexual exploitation and 34 adult victims in […]
Columbia is the state capital and largest city in South Carolina, with approximately 138,000 residents. It is the county seat of Richland County. As such, anti-prostitution efforts in the city have often taken the form of joint initiatives and/or operational coordination between the Columbia Police Department and Richland County Sheriff’s Office. Persistent street prostitution and […]
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