Ravenna is a city in Portage County, Ohio with a population of approximately 11,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and other areas of Portage County. For example, in April 2013 two people were arrested and charged with prostitution, promoting prostitution, and drug offenses. Portage County Sheriff’s Office and Portage […]
Rapid City is the second-largest city in South Dakota, with a population of approximately 76,000 residents, and serves as the government seat of Pennington County. It is set against the eastern slope of the Black Hills mountain range in the western part of the state, and accommodates most of the tourist flow to Mt. Rushmore. […]
Randleman is a city in Randolph County, North Carolina with a population of approximately 4,600. In an effort to reduce the demand for sex purchased from prostituted women, police have conducted web-based reverse stings and publicly identified arrested sex buyers. For example, in 2008, a Methodist minister was charged with soliciting sex for money. A […]
Raleigh, North Carolina, is a city of roughly 470,000 residents that is the state’s capitol and its largest city. It has had longstanding problems resulting from prostitution and sex trafficking, including cases involving minors and adults with cognitive disabilities. For example, in August, 2021, a local man was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences in […]
Racine is a city in Racine County, Wisconsin, with a population of approximately 79,000. It is located on the shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River, approximately 30 miles south of Milwaukee and 60 miles north of Chicago. The presence of prostitution and sex trafficking is well-documented in the city and […]
Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City, the largest in area and the second-largest in population, with approximately 2.3 million residents. For decades, prostitution and sex trafficking have been prevalent in the borough, in addition to other kinds of violence – including homicide – committed against trafficked persons, sexually exploited […]
Pueblo is a city of roughly 112,000 residents located south of Denver and Colorado Springs in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is the county seat and the most populous city of Pueblo County, CO. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been documented in the county. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated complaints […]
Pulaski County, Arkansas has an approximate population of 397,000, the majority living in the city of Little Rock. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to local law enforcement agencies. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is sex […]
Princeton is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, with a population of roughly 6,000, located near Bluefield. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented as problems occurring in the city for decades, generating numerous complaints to police from businesses and residents. Among the more serious crimes associated with local commercial sex market is child […]
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the state of Rhode Island, and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region with an approximate population of 190,000 residents. Numerous problems associated with the local prostitution […]
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