Nashville is a city of nearly 700,000 residents located in central Tennessee. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by numerous constituencies as substantial problems in Nashville for many decades, and have generated many related crimes occurring in commercial sex transactions, including kidnapping, rape, assault, homicide of prostituted persons, weapons and drug offenses, human trafficking, […]
Nashua is a city of approximately 90,000 located in southern New Hampshire, near the Massachusetts border. Complaints by businesses and residents have led Nashua police to conduct prostitution operations, including those focused on consumer-level demand. A web-based reverse sting in 2010 resulted in the arrest of eight men, whose identities were released and reported in […]
Myrtle Beach is a coastal city of approximately 30,000 residents, located near Conway in Horry County, South Carolina. It is a major tourist area in the southeast, attracting an estimated 14 million visitors each summer. Prostitution, sex trafficking, and numerous associated crimes have been well documented as substantial problems in the city and surrounding areas, […]
Muncie is a city located in central Indiana with a population of roughly 65,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the […]
Mount Vernon is the third largest and most densely populated city in Westchester County, New York with a population of roughly 74,000 residents. It is located adjacent to Yonkers, Bronx, and New Rochelle. This activity and its ancillary crimes has resulted in complaints to local law enforcement from residents and businesses. Violence against prostituted women […]
Mount Vernon is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia. Its population was approximately 13,500 at the 2020 census. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in many areas of county, including the city of Mount Vernon. For example, in 2012, federal law enforcement agencies charged five alleged members of a Fairfax […]
Morris Township is a township of just over 22,000 residents, located in south-central New Jersey in Morris County. The township surrounds but does not include the city of Morristown. Although prostitution activity in the community appears to be limited, a significant effort to address underlying demand for prostitution was undertaken in 1998. After a seven-month […]
Morgan Hill is a city of approximately 45,000 residents located near Gilroy in southern Santa Clara County, California. Cases of prostitution (both at street-level and within adult-oriented businesses) and child sex trafficking have been reported in the city, and the area has been included in a list of sites targeted by the FBI’s anti-sex trafficking […]
Moreno Valley is a city of approximately 212,000 residents, located near Redlands and Rubidoux in Riverside County, California. Not formally incorporated until 1984, the city quickly became one of the largest population centers in the area. It is the second largest city in Riverside County, second only to neighboring Riverside. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the […]
Moorhead is the largest city in northwestern Minnesota, with a population of roughly 45,000 residents, and is the county seat of Clay County. The city is situated along the Minnesota-North Dakota border and is the Minnesota portion of the Fargo, ND metropolitan area. Prostitution and sex trafficking are substantial issues in the area and have […]
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