Rome is a city of approximately 37,000 residents, located in northwest Georgia’s Floyd County. Prostitution and child sex trafficking have been reported in the city for several decades, generating complaints from residents and business owners. In the early 1970s, for example, Rome was discovered to be the operating base for at least two distinct prostitution […]
Pearl is a city of roughly 27,000 residents, located just east of Jackson in Rankin County, Mississippi. Several years ago, the Pearl Police Department ramped up efforts to curtail prostitution in the city. In addition to conducting stings targeting prostituted women and pimps/traffickers, the PPD has conducted at least one web-based operation targeting sex buyers. […]
Albert Lea is a city of approximately 18,000 residents, located at the juncture of Interstates 35 and 90 in southeastern Minnesota’s Freeborn County, south of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results […]
Clifton Park is a town of approximately 38,000 residents, located in southern Saratoga County near Albany, Schenectady, Colonie, Troy, and Saratoga Springs, New York. In an effort to reduce prostitution activity in the town, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office has conducted at least one reverse sting. In July 2014, SCSO deputies conducted an eight-hour web-based […]
Great Falls is a city of approximately 60,000 residents in West-Central Montana. It’s the largest city and county seat of Cascade County, MT. The local commercial sex market and crimes associated with it—including cases of rape committed against prostituted women—have been well-documented. In 1888, when the city was just four years old, an ordinance was […]
Belcamp, sometimes referred to as “Riverside,” is a census-designated place of approximately 6,000 residents, located near Aberdeen in Harford County, Maryland. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the city, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex […]
Novato is a city of roughly 54,000 residents, located north of San Francisco in Marin County, California. Cases of prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported in the city, at times involving minors. Media reports have also documented the assault and murder of commercial sex victims in Novato. Child endangerment has also occurred in prostitution […]
Gretna is a city of approximately 17,600 residents, located just across the Mississippi River from New Orleans in Jefferson Parish, LA. Problems with prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported in the area for decades. This activity and its ancillary crimes have resulted in residential complaints to local law enforcement. The local sex trade has […]
Greenville is the county seat of and the most populous city in Pitt County, NC, with a population of about 93,000 residents. It is also the principal city of the Greenville metropolitan area. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported in the city, in addition to at least one case of assault and robbery of […]
Boone is a town of approximately 18,000 residents, located in Watauga County in the Blue Hill Mountains of western North Carolina. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented as local problems for decades. In a relatively recent example, in 2019 an owner of a massage parlor was arrested after Boone County Sheriff’s Office deputies began […]
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