West Allis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It is a suburb of Milwaukee, and has a population of approximately 60,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in other areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law […]
Monroe County, Indiana is located in southern Indiana, southwest of Indianapolis and northwest of Louisville, KY. Its population was approximately 147,000 at the 2020 census, and the county seat and population center is the city of Bloomington (pop. 85,000). Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes […]
Morton is a village in Tazewell County, Illinois, with a population of approximately 16,000. Morton is a suburb located just southeast of Peoria. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented throughout Tazewell County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among […]
Lehi is a city in Utah County, Utah, with a population of approximately 64,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city and throughout Utah County. For example, in November, 2019, a three-day human trafficking sting in Lehi resulted in the arrests of 26 people involved in human trafficking. Several of these arrests […]
Platte County is located in eastern Nebraska, and has a population of approximately 33,000. Its county seat is the city of Columbus. Sex trafficking and prostitution activity is well documented in the region. For example, in May, 2012, a Columbus man was arrested in a child sex trafficking case. Local efforts to address these crimes […]
Madison County, Mississippi has a population of approximately 109,000, its government seat is the city of Canton. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, generating complaints to local law enforcement. For example, in November 2015, an operation by the Ridgeland Police Department and Mississippi Bureau of Investigation resulted in the arrest of four women […]
Purvis is a U.S. city in, and the county seat, of Lamar County, Mississippi. It has a population of roughly 2,200, and it is part of the Hattiesburg Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas, including Hattiesburg and Purvis. This activity and the problems and […]
Wetzel County, West Virginia has a population of just over 14,000. It is located along the state’s northern border with Ohio and Pennsylvania, and its government seat is the city of New Martinsville. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies […]
Fort Payne is a city of about 14,000 residents in northeastern Alabama, located almost 70 miles southeast of Huntsville. It is the county seat of DeKalb County. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county and surrounding areas, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. For example, a DeKalb County man was convicted in […]
Wilson County is a county of about 140,000 residents in Middle Tennessee, just east of Nashville. Its county seat is Lebanon and its largest city is Mt. Juliet. The county is part of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and child sex trafficking have been documented in the county. To combat consumer-level demand for commercial […]
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