Wailuku is a census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii with a population of approximately 18,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems on the islands in general, as well as in Wailuku specifically. To address the consumer-level demand that motivates all sex trafficking, demand-reduction tactics have been employed locally. Since 1985, the Maui County […]
Waco is a city of about 138,000 residents in McLennan County in central Texas, located along an interstate highway (Rt. 35) that links the Dallas/Fort Worth area with Austin, and is home to Baylor University. The city has long recognized that substantial prostitution activity occurs locally, and generates a wide range of other crimes and […]
Virginia Beach is an independent city in the southwest, coastal region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, near Norfolk, and has a population of approximately 450,000. Cases of sex trafficking and prostitution have occurred in the city have been documented for decades, as have incidents of assault of prostituted persons, kidnapping for prostitution, and HIV positive […]
Visalia is a city in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley of California, and has a population of roughly 143,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by law enforcement as problems within the city. Residents have complained to police about prostitution in certain neighborhoods, and in response to their numerous concerns, police have targeted consumer-level […]
Vineland is a city of approximately 61,000 residents, situated in southern New Jersey’s Cumberland County near Millville and Bridgeton. Prostitution activity, occurring at street level and within adult-oriented businesses and massage parlors, has been reported in the community for decades. In 2011, Vineland drew national attention when a local resident was sentenced to 188 months in […]
Vero Beach is a city of about 17,000 residents locate on the Atlantic coast of Florida, between Palm Bay and Port St. Lucie. The presence of prostitution and its associated crime and disorder problems in the city have been well documented for decades, particularly street prostitution and storefront brothels (e.g., massage parlors) along Route 1. […]
Vernon is a town in central Connecticut, about 10 miles from Hartford, and has a population of approximately 30,000 residents. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more […]
Vallejo is a city of approximately 121,000 residents, situated west of Sacramento in northern California’s Solano County, near Fairfield and Benicia. The city has been known for its robust commercial sex trade for decades. A wide range of local problems and ancillary crimes associated with prostitution have been documented, such as kidnapping, murder, rape, sex […]
Vacaville is a city located in Solano County in northern California, roughly halfway between Sacramento and San Francisco near Fairfield. It has a population of approximately 103,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified as problems in the city. For example, in March 2016, a man was arrested in a prostitution sting and was charged […]
Utica is a city of approximately 65,000 residents, located along the Mohawk River near Rome in Oneida County, New York. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city and its surrounding areas. In one 2003 case, a 16-year-old sex trafficking victim was murdered in Utica. In 2019, a sex buyer in Utica was […]
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