Grand Chute is a city of about 23,000 residents near Appleton, WI in Outagamie County, WI. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities. Drugs, violence against individuals engaging in commercial sex, and child sex trafficking are often reported to occur as a result of the area’s commercial sex market. […]
Sioux Falls is a city of approximately 181,000 residents located at the crossroads of two major interstate highways (I-90 and I-29) in Southeastern South Dakota. It is the most populous city in the state and is the county seat of Minnehaha County. Documented cases of sex trafficking and prostitution have occurred in the city, some […]
La Crosse is a city of approximately 52,000 residents in western Wisconsin, near the Minnesota border and about midway between Madison, Wisconsin and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prostitution has been a documented problem in this city since the mid 1800s. For example, between 1951 and 1956, there was a federal campaign against organized interstate prostitution – much of […]
Cary is suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina, with over 176,000 residents. Prostitution is a well-known problem in the city, and has been linked to local cases of child endangerment and adult and minor sex trafficking. For example, an undercover operation at a Cary motel near RDU International Airport resulted in police charging a 21-year-old man […]
Albany is a city of approximately 54,000 residents in Northwestern Oregon, situated south of Salem along the Interstate 5 corridor. It’s the county seat of Linn County, with some parts of the city being located in Benton County. Prostitution and sex trafficking appear to be substantial issues in the city, including through illicit massage businesses. […]
Riverside is a small hamlet of less than 3,000 residents, located within Southampton on central Long Island, New York. Cases of prostitution and child sex trafficking have been reported in the community. Riverside has also documented at least one robbery related to prostitution; in October 2014, “men armed with guns and machetes stormed a home […]
College Park is a Maryland suburb of Washington DC, with a population of about 35,000. Prostitution 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 results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Local prostitution activity […]
Vista is a city of approximately 99,000 residents, located near Oceanside and Escondido in San Diego County, California. Prostitution and sex trafficking are persistent and visible problems in the area, with activities concentrated in and around the city’s massage parlors. In response, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department has conducted occasional reverse stings as part […]
St. Lucie is a largely rural county with a mid-sized city – Port St. Lucie – and several smaller towns, with a combined population of approximately 329,000. The Sheriff’s Office references community complaints as one of their main reasons for pursuing prostitution, which they chose to address – in part – through efforts to combat […]
Paducah is a small city of approximately 26,000 residents, located in McCracken County in western Kentucky. The city has documented many cases of both prostitution and child sex trafficking. Responding to tips and complaints from the community, law enforcement officials became aware of web-based soliciting of prostitution, with the acts occurring on local motels. In […]
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