Rensselaer County, New York, has a population of approximately 161,000 and is located 13 miles east of Albany. Its county seat is Troy, a city of approximately 52,000. Periodic reverse stings have been conducted within the county since at least 1997 and possibly before. In a 1999 reverse sting in Troy, the decoys used for […]
State College is a municipality of about 40,000 residents in central Pennsylvania, and serves as the home of Penn State University’s main campus. Prostitution activity in the city is well-documented, and includes cases of college students engaging in exchanging money for sex and prostitution in massage businesses. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes […]
Farrell is a city of roughly 4,000 residents, located in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, within the Youngstown–Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Mercer County. For example, in May 2021 a woman pleaded guilty to distribution of material depicting […]
Situated on the edge of the Cascade mountain range in Central Oregon, along the Deschutes River, Deschutes County has about 204,000 residents. Its government seat and principle population center is the city of Bend. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results […]
Fairview is a city of about 10,000 residents located in Williamson County, Tennessee. It is part of the Nashville metropolitan area. In November and December of 2015, a web-based reverse sting in Fairview resulted in 13 arrests and the seizure of illegal drugs. Fairview police officers said that this was the first such operation in […]
Mount Pocono is a borough of about 3,000 people in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, located in the northeastern part of the Poconos Mountains region of the state. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the community and throughout the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to […]
Winter Park is a city of about 29,000 residents in Orange County, Florida. Orange County is an area in central Florida with a population of over 1 million, with the major population center of Orlando and covering unincorporated areas and smaller cities. The suburb of Winter Park is located just northeast of Orlando. The presence […]
Thomasville is the county seat of Thomas County, Georgia. With a population of about 19,000, it is the second largest city in southwest Georgia, after Albany. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it […]
Martin County is located in the Treasure Coast region of Florida on the Atlantic Coast. Its population is about 160,000, and the county seat is the city of Stuart. Martin County is in the Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Statistical Area. Among other cities in the county is Hobe Sound. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in […]
Stuart is a city of approximately 17,000 residents, located in Martin County on the eastern coast of Florida, near Port St. Lucie. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in Stuart and its surrounding communities. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is sex trafficking. This activity and the problems and ancillary […]
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