Spotsylvania County is located in northern Virginia. Its population is roughly 144,000, and it is considered part of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas within the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement […]
San Bernardino County is located in Southern California, and is included in the Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario metropolitan statistical area (also known as the Inland Empire), and is part of the greater Los Angeles–Long Beach combined statistical area. The county has approximately 2.2 million residents, and contains the cities of Victorville, San Bernardino, Hesperia, Ontario, Fontana and Pomona. […]
Hamburg is a town of approximately 1,100 residents, located in Freemont County, in the southwestern corner of Iowa near the borders of Missouri to the south and Nebraska to the west. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been documented in the community and surrounding areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary […]
Santa Fe is a city of approximately 88,000 residents, located in Santa Fe County, in Northern New Mexico. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been documented in the city and surrounding communities. However, according to police, the commercial sex market has shifted from occurring on the streets to primarily occurring online. The online commercial sex […]
Ontario is a city in the northwest corner of Wayne County in upstate New York. Its population is approximately 10,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has 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 result in complaints […]
Belvidere is a city of approximately 25,000 residents in northern Illinois, just east of Rockford. It is located in Boone County and is part of the Rockford Metropolitan Statistical Area. 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 […]
Kankakee is a city of approximately 26,000 residents that serves as the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois. 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 in complaints to law enforcement […]
Muskogee is a city of approximately 37,000 residents, located approximately 50 miles southeast of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas since at least the 1980s. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and […]
Gilbert is a city of approximately 273,000 residents, located about 20 miles east of Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona. Among the problems associated with local prostitution have been the serial killing and serial rapes targeting trafficked girls and women involved in prostitution, and cases of child sex trafficking have also been documented in the city and nearby communities […]
Central Point is an Oregon city in Jackson County with a population of about 18,600 residents. The city shares its southern border with the city of Medford and is a part of the Medford metropolitan area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and the problems […]
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