Surprise is a city of about 139,000 residents in Maricopa County, in Southwestern Arizona. Other nearby cities in the county include Glendale, Scottsdale, Phoenix, and Tempe. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented in the city and surrounding area for decades, and have generated complaints to police and a wide range of additional crimes […]
Silver Creek is an unincorporated community of roughly 6,000 residents within Floyd County. It is part of the Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area in northwestern Georgia, about 65 miles from Atlanta. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county for decades, leading the Floyd County Police Department to occasionally target sex buyers for arrest. […]
Kerr County is a county of roughly 53,000 residents in central Texas, located on the Edwards Plateau, situated just northwest of San Antonio, TX. Its county seat is Kerrville, TX. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county. This activity and its ancillary crimes has resulted in complaints to local law […]
Lackawanna County is a U.S. county in the northeastern portion of Pennsylvania of approximately 216,000 residents. Its largest city and county seat is Scranton, PA. Local law enforcement has reported problems related to prostitution for several decades, and residents have complained to police about prostitution in certain neighborhoods. International and domestic sex trafficking networks and […]
Pickens County is a county of about 125,000 residents in northwestern South Carolina, on the border with North Carolina. Its county seat is Pickens. The county is part of the Greenville–Anderson–Mauldin Metropolitan Statistical Area. Identity disclosure and employment loss are consequences of sex buying that have occurred in the county. In March 2018, a man […]
Jefferson County is a county of approximately 45,000 residents located in western Pennsylvania, along Interstate 80. Its county seat is Brookville PA. Prostitution has been reported at truck stops along I-80 and secondary roads in the county. This activity and its ancillary crimes has resulted in complaints to local law enforcement from residents and businesses. […]
Jasper is a city of almost 4,000 residents in northwestern Georgia, roughly 60 miles north of Atlanta. It is the county seat of Pickens County. At least one sex buyer arrest has occurred in the city. In September 2021, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s (GBI) Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes (CEACC) Unit arrested a Pickens […]
Union County is a county of approximately 45,000 residents in central Pennsylvania, situated about 30 miles southeast of Williamsport and 60 miles north of Harrisburg. The county seat is Lewisburg, PA. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and its ancillary crimes, have […]
Moultrie is a city of about 14,600 residents and is the county seat and largest city of Colquitt County. It is the third largest city in southwestern Georgia, behind Thomasville and Albany. Prostitution has been well-documented in the city, and a wide range of addition crimes (including weapons and drug offenses) have been involved in […]
Lowndes County is a county of about 116,000 residents in south central Georgia, on the border with Florida. Its county seat is Valdosta. Prostitution and sex trafficking, including child sex trafficking, have been documented in the county, resulting in complaints from residents. Drugs have also been connected to the local commercial sex market. Reverse stings […]
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