Plainfield is a New Jersey city of about 55,000 residents, located in the greater New York City metropolitan area about 10 miles west of Newark near Edison and New Brunswick. Cases of child sex trafficking in residential areas have been documented, prostituted persons have been murdered in the community, and prostitution has generated numerous complaints to […]
Pittsfield is the largest city in Berkshire County, Massacusetts. The city has a population of roughly 44,000, and is located near the state’s western border, near Albany, New York. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented problems in the city. For example, in 2017 two Massachusetts men were accused of using a residence at a […]
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in Pennsylvania, with approximately 300,000 residents. It serves as the government seat of Allegheny County. For decades, the city has experienced a wide array of problems associated with commercial sex, including sex trafficking and violence against prostituted and trafficked persons. For example, in May, 2022, a man faced facing multiple […]
Pinellas Park, located in the Tampa Bay area near St. Petersburg, in Pinellas County, and has a population of approximately 53,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city, surrounding communities, and other county areas. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law […]
Pinellas County covers parts of the Tampa Bay area and has a population of approximately 959,000 residents. The area has well-documented, persistent problems with prostitution and sex trafficking, as well as homicides and serial murders specifically targeting prostituted persons. Pinellas County was an “early adopter” of anti-demand tactics: St. Petersburg, FL, a city containing over […]
Pierce County, located in the southern Puget Sound region of Washington state, has a population of roughly 921,000 residents. The unincorporated areas of the county as well as the cities within it (such as Tacoma, the county’s major population center) have identified prostitution as a persistent problem, and there have been numerous local cases of […]
Phoenix is the largest commercial hub of and most populous city in Arizona, with approximately 1.625 million residents. It is the sixth largest city in the country, and serves as the county seat of Maricopa County. Situated within a day’s drive from the Mexican border and at the crossroads of several interstate highways, the Phoenix […]
Petersburg is located in southeast Virginia, about 25 miles south of Richmond, and has a population of approximately 33,000. Prostitution has been identified as a substantial problem in the city, generating complaints and collateral crimes. Its location along major interstate highways 85 and 95 have contributed to the city serving as a stop on domestic […]
Philadelphia is a city of approximately 1.58 million residents. It lies within Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and it is a consolidated government (i.e., there has been no separate county boundaries nor government functions since 8154). It is the state’s largest city, and the fifth largest city in the United States. Prostitution and commercial sex trafficking have […]
Peoria is a city of about 113,000 residents in central Illinois, west of Bloomington IL along Interstate 74. Law enforcement and public health officials have estimated during the 2010s that there were about 140 prostituted women in Peoria, with an average age of about twenty-three. Numerous problems are associated with the local commercial sex market, […]
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