Alamance County is located in central North Carolina, and has a population of about 171,000. Throughout the county’s communities (e.g., Burlington, Mebane, Graham) and unincorporated areas, local prostitution generates numerous complaints to police and is linked to a number of other serious crime types, including child endangerment and sex trafficking. In May 2019, Alamance County deputies […]
Dearborn is a city of about 108,000 residents located in Wayne County, Michigan and is within the Detroit metropolitan area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Wayne County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to […]
Chittenden County is the most populous county in Vermont, with a population of over 168,000 and anchored by the state’s most populous municipality, the city of Burlington. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in that city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Chittenden County, for decades. For example, in November 1981 a […]
North Conway is a city of approximately 2,400 residents, located in the White Mountains region of eastern New Hampshire. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the region. For example, a 14-year-old girls was abducted in Conway in October, 2013, as she walked home from Kennett High School. The man held her at […]
Bloomsdale is small community in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, with less than 700 residents. It is located about 20 miles south of St. Louis, near the Illinois border. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the region surrounding St. Louis, including Bloomsdale. For example, in April 2013, a truck driver from the region was […]
Benton County is a county of approximately 92,000 residents located in Western Oregon. Situated along the Interstate 5 corridor, its county seat is the city of Corvallis. It also contains parts of Albany. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county. Among the more serious crimes associated with the commercial sex market is […]
Burlington is a city of about 42,000 residents in northern Vermont, in Chittenden County. 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 a local prostitution ring under the guise of […]
Groton is a town in New London County, Connecticut. It has approximately 39,000 residents, and is located roughly halfway between New Haven, CT and Providence, RI, abutting the Thames River and the Atlantic coast. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of New London […]
Ripon is northwest of Modesto on Highway 99 in San Joaquin County, in the Central Valley region of California. Ripon is one of San Joaquin County’s most rural communities, with a population of about 16,000. Other cities within San Joaquin County include Stockton, Manteca, and Lodi. Sex trafficking and prostitution are longstanding problems throughout the […]
Front Royal is a town in Warren County, VA, with a population of approximately 15,000 residents. It is the government seat of Warren County, and is within the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Warren County. This […]
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