Washington County, Pennsylvania has a population of roughly 201,000 and is located in the western part of the state, within the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county is the city of Washington, and other noteworthy cities include Charleroi, Monongahela, and North Strabane. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and this activity and the problems and […]
Lyon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was approximately 32,000. The county seat and largest city is Emporia. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Local prostitution […]
Ottawa County is a county located in the northwestern part of Ohio, and has a population of approximately 41,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated […]
Boone County is located in central Missouri and has a population of approximately 188,000. Its county seat is Columbia, Missouri’s fourth-largest city and location of the University of Missouri. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Among the more […]
Gloucester County, New Jersey has a population of approximately 304,000 and is located about 20 miles southeast of Philadelphia and 50 miles northwest of Atlantic City. It is part of the Camden, New Jersey metropolitan area. Noteworthy communities within the county include Mantua Township and Greenwich Township. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the […]
Mantua Township is a township in Gloucester County, New Jersey with a population of approximately 15,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the local area, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is sex trafficking. […]
Fowlerville is a village in Livingston County, in southeastern Michigan. Its population is roughly 3,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within Livingston County, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is sex […]
Anderson County, South Carolina has a population of just over 200, and its county seat is Anderson. It is located about 20 miles southwest of Greenville. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city of Anderson and in surrounding areas of the county. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex […]
Cambridge is a city of approximately 10,000 residents that serves as the government seat of Guernsey County, Ohio. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity within the county have been well-documented. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local […]
Snyder County, Pennsylvania has a population of approximately 40,000, and its county seat is the city of Middleburg. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and […]
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