Mayville is a city in Dodge County, Wisconsin, with roughly 5,200 residents. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies. For example, in 2017, a 31-year-old woman was charged with prostitution after being arrested by Mayville Police, who had responded […]
Pendleton is a town in Fall Creek Township, Indiana. It is located in Madison County and its population is roughly 4,700. Prostitution activity has been documented in the town, and cases of local sex trafficking involving child sexual abuse materials (CSAM, often referred to in state laws as “child pornography) have occurred. Consumer level demand provides […]
Oxford is a village in Furnas and Harlan counties, in Nebraska. Its population is approximately 770. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the area, and among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is sex trafficking. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore […]
Brown Deer, is a village in Wisconsin with approximately 12,000 residents, located in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. Prostitution activity has been documented in the village and surrounding communities. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Consumer-level demand provides the revenue stream […]
Pittsylvania County, Virginia, has a population of roughly 60,000, and its government seat is the city of Chatham. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in other areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates, result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents […]
Ocean County is a county located along the Jersey Shore in the south-central portion of New Jersey, along the Atlantic Ocean. Its county seat is Toms River. Ocean County has a population of approximately 602,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented throughout the communities and unincorporated areas of the county, and generate numerous associated crimes, such […]
Fort Lee is a borough at the eastern border of Bergen County, New Jersey, situated along the Hudson River. As of the 2020 United States Census, the borough’s population was about 42,000. Fort Lee has longstanding problems with prostitution, but the trade seems to have expanded in recent years. This activity and the problems and […]
New Smyrna Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, located on the central Atlantic coast of the state. It is considered part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach metropolitan area, and has a population of roughly 27,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and nearby communities, and throughout the county. This activity and the […]
New Rochelle is a city in Westchester County, in the southeastern portion of New York. It is located near Manhattan, close to Scarsdale and the Bronx. Other noteworthy communities near New Rochelle include Elmsford, Peekskill, Rye, Rye Brook, White Plains, and Yonkers. In 2020, the city had a population of approximately 80,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been […]
La Plata is a town of under 10,000 residents in southern Maryland, and is the county seat of Charles County. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in other areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies […]
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