Yuma is a city located in the Southwestern Arizona and has a population of approximately 97,000 residents. It is the county seat of Yuma County, AZ. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and its ancillary crimes have resulted in complaints to local law enforcement […]
St. Louis County is located in the far eastern portion of Missouri. It is bounded by the city of St. Louis and the Mississippi River to the east, the Missouri River to the north, and the Meramec River to the south. The population is approximately 1 million. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity in the County […]
Wells Branch is a census-designated place in Travis County, Texas. The population was estimated to be 12,50 in 2019. To combat prostitution and related crimes in the fall of 2017, the Travis County Sheriff’s Office focused on the unincorporated areas of Wells Branch with operations targeting credit card skimmers, illicit businesses, and prostitution. The initiative […]
Mercer County is located on the southwestern border of West Virginia. The population is approximately 60,000, its county seat is Princeton (population approximately 6,000), and its larger towns include Bluefield (11,000) and Beckley (20,000). Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been documented in these cities and throughout other smaller towns and unincorporated areas within the […]
Malheur County is a county of approximately 32,000 residents, located in Southeastern Oregon. Its county seat is the city of Vale, and its largest city is Ontario, OR. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county. Among the more serious crimes associated with the county’s commercial sex market is child sex […]
Bryan County is located in Oklahoma and has a population of about 47,000. Its county seat is Durant, a community in southern Oklahoma, near Texas. Sex trafficking and prostitution are well-documented problems in the city. Among the responses to these problems have been efforts to combat demand for prostitution. In March 2014, 19 people were […]
Florence County, South Carolina has a population of about 137,000 and its county seat is Florence. Florence County is included in the Florence, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented problems in the county. For example, in February 2012, four people were arrested at an interstate motel in a Florence County […]
Warren County is located in upstate New York, north of Albany and near the Vermont border. The population is almost 64,000 residents, and the county seat is Queensbury. To address prostitution and sex trafficking in the county, efforts have been made to address the consumer level demand that drives all prostitution and sex trafficking. For […]
Kitsap County is a county of approximately 275,000 residents in eastern Washington state, located on a peninsula across Puget Sound from Seattle, WA. Its largest city is Bremerton, WA and its county seat is Port Orchard, WA. The city of Bremerton is home to the Puget Sound Naval Base, a major U.S. Navy base. Additionally, in […]
Lithia Springs is a town of approximately 17,000 in Douglas County, located in the north-central portion of Georgia. Prostitution activity and the sex trafficking of minors are well-documented issues in Lithia Springs, generating associated drug and weapons offenses and resulting in persistent complaints from the community. A 2012 report on human trafficking in the greater […]
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