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, […]
Pekin is a city of about 30,000 residents located roughly 10 miles south of Peoria, in Tazewell County, Illinois. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. Police say that many of the prostituted persons in Pekin are from Peoria, and are dropped off by […]
Peekskill is a city of approximately 26,000 residents located in southeastern New York’s Westchester County, about 50 miles north of New York City. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented local problems. In response to complaints from storeowners and residents in the community, police have conducted prostitution operations, including occasional reverse stings. One street-level reversal in […]
Paterson is a city of approximately 158,000 residents, located 20 miles east of Manhattan in Passaic County, New Jersey. Prostitution, both at street-level and within adult-oriented businesses, has been a chronic problem in the city since for at least two decades. Cases of child sex trafficking are well documented in the city as well as prostitution […]
Pawtucket is a Rhode Island city of about 75,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented problems in the community for decades. For example, in 1994 a woman was arrested for selling her daughter for sex for $10 per night. Brothels throughout Rhode Island advertised sex online, primarily with prostituted or trafficked Asian women. In 2013, […]
Pascagoula is a city of about 22,000 residents, situated in Mississippi’s Jackson County along the Gulf Coast near Gulfport and Biloxi. Prostitution has been identified by police and others as a local concern, and there have been cases of sex trafficking in the area. A serial killer of prostituted women has also operated in the […]
Pasco is a city in Central Washington and has a population of roughly 79,000. It is the largest city and county seat of Franklin County, WA. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and in surrounding areas for decades. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates […]
Paramus, located in New Jersey near Paterson and Hackensack, is a suburb of New York City and has a population of roughly 26,000. Prostitution has been identified as a problem in the city, particularly indoor operations using storefront businesses, such as massage parlors. Sex trafficking of minors has also been documented locally. In an effort […]
Palo Alto it is a city with a population of approximately 67,000, situated in the San Francisco Bay Area about midway between San Francisco and San Jose The Palo Alto Police Department regularly fields complaints about prostitution from members of the community, and they have conducted prostitution operations in response. Since at least 1989, PAPD officers have conducted […]
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