Oak Grove is city in Christian County, Kentucky, with a population of about 7,300. Prostitution, sex trafficking, and associated violence have been well documented in the area. For example, in September 2016, police received a complaint about a woman being held against her will at a hotel in Oak Grove. After investigating, detectives determined that […]
Wetzel County, West Virginia has a population of just over 14,000. It is located along the state’s northern border with Ohio and Pennsylvania, and its government seat is the city of New Martinsville. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies […]
Rock Hill is the largest city in York County, South Carolina, with a population of approximately 74,000. It is is located in the north-central portion of South Carolina, and is part of the greater Charlotte, NC metro area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in communities and unincorporated areas of the county, including […]
Tuscumbia is a city of about 8,000 residents in northwestern Alabama. It is the county seat of Colbert County and part of The Shoals metropolitan area. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city, resulting in complaints from residents to law enforcement. One of the more severe crimes associated with the local commercial […]
Lauderdale County is located in the northwestern corner of Alabama, on the border with Tennessee and Mississippi, and has a population of about 93,000 residents. Its county seat is Florence. Sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation have been documented in the county. For example, in September 2018, two people were arrested by the Lauderdale County […]
Webster County is located in central West Virginia and has a population of approximately 8,700. Its county seat is Webster Springs. At least one case of sex trafficking activity has occurred within the county, and the investigation of a man accused of exchanging money for the sexual abuse of minors. In March, 2020, a Webster […]
Marion County is a county located in the coastal plain of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was approximately 29,000, and the county seat is the city of Marion. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented within the county. For example, it was reported that in 2010-2011 Marion […]
Sheridan is a city of about 18,000 residents that serves as the county seat of Sheridan County, Wyoming. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the area have been well documented in the city and surrounding areas for decades, dating back to the frontier brothels of the early 1900s. In contemporary times, local sex trafficking has been […]
Fort Madison is a city within, and the county seat of, Lee County, Iowa. Its population was approximately 10,000 at the time of the 2020 census. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents […]
Pottawattamie County has about 93,000 residents and is located on Iowa’s western border, near Omaha, Nebraska. Its county seat is Council Bluffs. Complaints from residents about prostitution date back to the 1870s. More recently, there have been multiple documented cases of sex trafficking (of both adults and minors) occurring within the county, as well as […]
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