Lake County is located on the northwestern edge of Indiana, and is considered within the outer suburbs of the greater Chicago metro area. It is the second-most populous county in Indiana (with approximately 499,000 residents), and its county seat is the city of Crown Point. Among the other cities of note within the county is […]
Mesa County is a county of approximately 156,000 residents located along Colorado’s border with Utah, west of Denver along Interstate 70. The county seat and largest city is Grand Junction, CO. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the county, and have generated numerous complaints by community member to the police. For example, in […]
San Luis Obispo County is located roughly midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. News reports of prostitution within the county date as far back as the early 20th century, and more recently, sex trafficking of adults and children has been documented. For example, in March, 2020, an investigation revealed evidence that a 15 […]
Midland County is located in western Texas, and its name derives from its position halfway between Fort Worth and El Paso, along Interstate 20. Its population was roughly 175,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented throughout the county, and in its largest city of Midland and nearby Odessa (in Ector County, also located on […]
Bernalillo County is the most populous county in New Mexico, with a population of approximately 679,000 residents. The majority of the county’s population reside in Albuquerque, NM – the most populous city in the county and state. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity are well-documented in the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Bernalillo County and the […]
Gaylord is a city of about 4,000 residents in Otsego County in northern Michigan. Prostitution activity is well-documented in the city of Gaylord and in the surrounding towns and unincorporated areas within the county. Among the numerous crimes and other problems associated with prostitution in the area is sex trafficking of minors, cases of prostituted […]
Otsego County is located in northern Michigan, and has a population of about 25,000. The largest city and county seat is Gaylord. Prostitution activity is well documented in the city of Gaylord and in the surrounding towns and unincorporated areas within the county. Among the numerous crimes and other problems associated with prostitution in the […]
Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, contains roughly 18,000 residents and is located about 20 miles south of St. Louis, along the Illinois border. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the region surrounding St. Louis, including this county. For example, in April 2013, a truck driver from the region was charged with child sex […]
Chambers County is in southeast Texas, abutting Galveston County in the greater Houston metropolitan area, and has a population of close to 49,000 residents as of 2019. Public officials, business owners, and local residents have reported problems with prostitution and cases of sex trafficking have occurred in the county. Chambers County deputies have conducted operations […]
League City is located within the Greater Houston metropolitan area, in Galveston County, and has a population over 116,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented in the city. For example, in July 2009, League City undercover detectives arrested two prostituted women operating out of a massage parlor on West Main. Acting on a tip […]
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