Eau Claire is a city of approximately 70,000 residents, located in Eau Claire County in the Chippewa Valley area of western Wisconsin. Sex trafficking and prostitution activity are known to occur in the region for decades, and associated problems include drug and weapons offenses, sex trafficking, and the robbery of sex buyers. For example, between 1951 […]
Claremore is a city of roughly 19,000 residents, located in eastern Oklahoma’s Rogers County. 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 result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and […]
Blue Lake is a small incorporated city of approximately 1,200 residents in Northern California, near Eureka. 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. […]
Kailua-Kona is a city of around 23,000 residents located in Hawaii County. Until 2012, the city was not believed to have a significant problem with commercial sex. However, since 2012, police have learned more about ongoing prostitution and sex trafficking in the area. Victim advocates and police believe that sex trafficking occurs in Kailua but […]
Arlington County contains approximately 236,000 residents, located just outside of Washington D.C. in Virginia. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity in the county are well-documented, as a wide range of prostitution-related crimes such as the produciton of child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) and homicide. For example, in April, 2021, a former Arlington attorney who allegedly used […]
Zephyrhills is a city of about 16,000 residents situated near Tampa Bay in Pasco County, Florida. Some areas of the city have been known for street prostitution for decades, particularly along U.S. 301. Cases of targeted homicides of women engaged in prostitution have also been documented. Community complaints about prostitution play a role in police […]
Zanesville is a city of about 25,000 residents located along Interstate 70 just east of Columbus in the state of Ohio. Police have fielded continuous complaints about prostitution from residents and businesses, and sex trafficking is known to occur in the city. In 2007, dental records identified the skeletal remains of a 21-year-old Zanesville resident who […]
Ypsilanti Township, a Michigan city of roughly 56,000 residents near Ann Arbor, has identified prostitution as a substantial local problem for decades. Local law enforcement have also linked commercial sex to other serious crimes, including sexual and physical assaults that specifically targeted prostituted and trafficked women. The Ypsilanti Township Police Department has frequently collaborated with […]
Ypsilanti is a city of approximately 20,000 residents, situated in Michigan’s Washtenaw County just east of Ann Arbor. Prostitution has posed persistent and visible problems in the community for several years, and have generated numerous complaints from local residents and business owners. Cases of child sex trafficking, as well as targeted sexual assaults on persons […]
Youngstown is a city of approximately 60,000 residents, located southeast of Cleveland in Mahoning County, Ohio. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city; several prostituted women have also been murdered in the community and in surrounding areas. Among the more serious issues associated with the commercial sex market in the city is […]
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