Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with roughly 2.6 million residents. It is located south of Manhattan in Kings County. Like most large cities, Brooklyn has a long history of commercial sex activity and sex trafficking. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is child sex […]
Broken Arrow is a suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma with a population of approximately 116,000 residents. The city is situated primarily in Tulsa County, OK, but also has a section in western Wagoner County. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes […]
Brockton is a city of approximately 96,000 residents, located about one half hour southeast of Boston near East and West Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Prostitution and sex trafficking are longstanding, well-documented problems in the city. Among the problems associated with city’s local commercial sex market are a serial rapist targeting Brockton’s prostituted women in the early 2000s and multiple cases of homicide of prostituted […]
Bristol is a city of about 25,000 residents located in northeastern Tennessee, in Sullivan County. The city straddles the Southeastern border of Virginia, and is considered part of the “Tri-Cities” area comprised of Bristol, Johnson City, and Kingsport and surrounding smaller communities. Prostitution activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in […]
Bristol Township is a municipality located on the eastern border of Pennsylvania, and has a population of about 54,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented problems locally, and Bristol Township police have conducted multiple street-level reverse stings, usually in response to complaints from the community. Those arrested have had their names, ages, and addresses […]
Bridgewater is a town of approximately 27,000 residents in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, less than an hour south of Boston. Since at least 2005, police have conducted web based prostitution stings. Four male buyers were arrested in a 2005 reverse sting operation. Those arrested had their names, ages, and hometowns publicized in local news outlets. In […]
Bridgeton is a city of roughly 27,000 residents, located in southern New Jersey’s Cumberland County near Millville and Vineland. Prostitution, particularly indoor prostitution, has proven to be a severe and visible problem in the community for decades. On several occasions, Bridgeton Police Department officers have conducted raids and sweeps of suspected brothels in the city, often […]
Bridgeport is a city of approximately 148,000 residents, an hour’s drive north of New York, near Fairfield, Connecticut. It is the largest city in the state, with a robust and well-documented commercial sex market. Media reports of street and in-house prostitution in the city date back to the 1880s. Local law enforcement and federal agents […]
Bremerton is a city of approximately 44,000 residents in Washington state. It is situated across Puget Sound from Seattle in Kitsap County, WA. It is home to the Puget Sound Naval Base, a major U.S. Navy base in the city which has provided a large, disproportionately male, military population. This has resulted in a large […]
Bradenton is a city of approximately 51,000 residents, situated near Sarasota in Manatee County, Florida. Many cases of prostitution and sex trafficking (including commercial sexual exploitation) have occurred in the city, and associated problems have included the rape and murder of prostituted women, child endangerment, drug offenses, and many serious crimes. The Bradenton Police Department […]
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