Prescott Valley is a town located in Yavapai County, Arizona about 8 miles east of Prescott, with a population of about 48,000 residents. 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 generates results […]
Attleboro is a city about 47,000 residents located in Bristol County, Massachusetts, near the Rhode Island border. Other cities of note within Bristol County are Fall River, Seekonk, and Taunton. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex […]
Placer County is located just east of Sacramento, California and has a population of about 416,000 residents. The county is included within the greater Sacramento metropolitan area, and contains several substantial cities, including Roseville and Auburn. The cities and unincorporated areas within the county (and the larger Sacramento region) have had substantial documented sex trafficking […]
Auburn is a city of about 14,000 residents in Placer County, California, and is included within the greater Sacramento metropolitan area, to the northeast. The Auburn Police Department has made numerous prostitution arrests over the years and fielded numerous complaints from residents about prostitution activity. The city and others in the county and Sacramento region […]
Located in Kootenai County, Worley is a town of about 220 residents in northwestern Idaho, near the cities of Spokane, WA and Coeur d’Alene. It is within the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation. Prostitution has been well-documented in the town and throughout the region. Among the more serious issues related to the area’s commercial sex industry […]
Middlesex County is a county in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with an estimated population was 1,590,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the cities and unincorporated areas of the county, such as Burlington, Cambridge, Framingham, Lowell, Stoneham, Belmont, and Woburn. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in […]
Forrest City is city of about 14,000 residents located in the northeastern part of Arkansas, and serves as the county seat of St. Francis County. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding region. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement […]
The Woodlands is a planned community and census-designated place in Texas, within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. It is primarily located in Montgomery County, with portions extending into Harris County, and has a population of about 115,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the region, and the problems and ancillary […]
Elyria is a city in the Greater Cleveland metropolitan statistical area, and serves as the county seat of Lorain County, Ohio. It is located in Northeast Ohio, about 25 miles southwest of Cleveland, and has a population of approximately 53,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and unincorporated areas of […]
Lorain County is located in northeastern Ohio within the Cleveland–Elyria Metropolitan Statistical Area, and has a population of approximately 309,000 residents. Its county seat is Elyria. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in […]
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