Shasta County is a county in northern California, and is situated along the Interstate 5 corridor. The county’s population is about 180,000, and its largest city (pop. of about 92,000) and government seat is Redding. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and […]
Anderson is a city of approximately 10,000 residents, located about 10 miles south of Redding, in Shasta County, California. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Shasta County. Anderson’s location is a major factor in drawing sex traffickers to the area. Its position […]
Webster Parish is located in the northwestern section of Louisiana and has about 36,000 residents. The seat of the parish is Minden. Prostitution has been documented in the parish, generating complaints to law enforcement agencies, and child sex trafficking has also occurred locally. For example, in September 2010, a Webster Parish man pleaded guilty to […]
Evangeline Parish is located in central Louisiana and has a population of about 32,000 residents. The parish seat is Ville Platte. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the parish. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies […]
Calcasieu Parish has a population of about 200,000 and is located in southwest Louisiana, between Beaumont and Lafayette. The Parish is considered a distant suburban area of Houston, and for decades has had well-documented problems with sex trafficking and prostitution activity in unincorporated areas, and in the cities of Sulphur and Lake Charles. The commercial […]
Peoria is a city in Maricopa and Yavapai counties in Arizona. Most of the city is located in Maricopa County, while a small portion in the north is in Yavapai County. It is a major suburb of Phoenix, and has a population of about 172,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in […]
Ascension Parish is a located in southern Louisiana, and has a population of about 125,000. The parish seat is Donaldsonville, a small city of about 7,000 residents located along the west bank of the Mississippi River. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the parish. This activity […]
Iberia Parish is located in southwestern Louisiana, and has a population of about 69,000 residents. The parish seat is New Iberia, and its other largest city is Jeanerette. The parish is part of the 22-parish Acadiana region of the state, and is part of the Lafayette, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity […]
Bell County is situated south of Waco near Killeen in central Texas. It has a population of about 380,000, and cities within the county include Belton and Temple. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the cities and unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates […]
Smithfield Township is a community of about 7,000 residents in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Prostitution activity, often arranged online and occurring within local businesses and hotels, has been reported in the town and surrounding areas for years. The activity generates community complaints to police, and associated crimes include the commercial sexual exploitation of minors. In July […]
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