Fresno County is located in central California, and houses more than one million residents. Its population center and government seat is the city of Fresno. Street prostitution has posed significant problems for the city, and police reports have noted complaints from local business owners and residents for decades. Multiple cases of sex trafficking (of both […]
Menifee is a city of approximately 106,000 residents in Riverside County, California, within the Los Angeles Combined Statistical Area. The city is centrally located in Southern California, in the Menifee Valley, about 15 miles north of Temecula and just north of Murrieta. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented throughout the county for decades, […]
Sherman County, Oregon is home to approximately 1,900 residents. It is the second-least populated county in the state and is bordered by Gilliam County on the east, which is also sparsely populated. Sherman County is at the northern border of the state and is directly south of Washington. The county seat is Moro, and the […]
Jackson County, is a county in Southwestern Oregon that has a population of about 224,000 residents. Its county seat and largest city is Medford, OR, which is also the 4th largest metro area in the state. Other noteworthy cities in the county are Central Point and Ashland. These communities and unincorporated areas of the county […]
Canby is a city in Oregon of approximately 18,00 residents. It’s located along Oregon Route 99E in Clackamas County, two miles northeast of Barlow. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the area. Demand reduction tactics have been implemented in effort to address prostitution and sex trafficking. For example, during a traffic stop in […]
Colchester is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, that has a population of about 17,500. It borders Burlington, Vermont’s most populous city. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to be widespread in the city and surrounding areas, and have been for decades. For example, in November 1981 a man was arrested and charged with operating […]
Pownal is a town in Bennington County, Vermont with a population was just over 3,400. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the Pownal area and throughout Bennington County (as well as the state) have been very well documented. A number of human trafficking investigations across Vermont between 2013 and 2016 — including in Bennington, Burlington, Shelburne, […]
Rutland is a city that serves as the government seat of Rutland County, western Vermont. Its population is roughly 15,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the Rutland area and throughout the state have been very well documented. A number of human trafficking investigations across Vermont between 2013 and 2016 — including in Burlington, Shelburne, Colchester, […]
West Rutland is a town in Rutland County, western Vermont. Its population is about 2,200. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the Rutland area and throughout the state have been very well documented. For example, in November, 2016, a man sentenced to 12 years in prison on drug and sex trafficking charges after pleading guilty to […]
Nueces County is a county of approximately 363,000 residents, located on the southeast coast of Texas. Its county seat and largest city is Corpus Christi, TX. 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 generated residential reports to local […]
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