Ada is a city in Oklahoma of approximately 17,000 residents. It is the county seat of Pontotoc County, OK. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and surrounding areas. Among the more serious issues associated with the city’s commercial sex market are child sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation. For […]
Boardman is a city in Morrow County, Oregon, with a population of approximately 3,500. It’s located on the northern border of the state, about 20 miles west of Hermiston and about 50 miles southwest of the “Tri-Cities” of Washington State (Pasco, Kennewick, and Richland). Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the area, and […]
Robeson County is a county in the southern part of North Carolina, and has a population of 116,000 residents. Its county seat is Lumberton, NC. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county for decades. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated residential complaints to local law enforcement. Among the […]
Parkersburg is a city in West Virginia of approximately 30,000 residents. It is the government seat of Wood County. It is the state’s fourth-largest city and the largest city in the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna metropolitan area. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and its ancillary crimes […]
Forest Grove is an Oregon city of about 26,000 in Washington County, located about 25 miles west of Portland. Originally a small farm town, it is now primarily a commuter suburb in the Portland metro area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well documented in the city – and throughout Washington County – for […]
Bristol is a suburban city located in Hartford County, Connecticut, roughly 20 miles southwest-west of Hartford. The city is about 120 miles southwest from Boston, and approximately 100 miles northeast of New York City. As of the 2020 census, the population of the Bristol was just over 60,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well […]
Rocky Ford is a city of approximately 4,000 residents located in Otero County, Colorado. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated residential complaints to local law enforcement. Among the more serious issues associated with the area’s commercial sex market […]
Storrs is a village and census-designated place in the town of Mansfield, in eastern Tolland County, Connecticut. Its resident population is roughly 16,000, and the community is dominated economically and demographically by the main campus of the University of Connecticut. Prostitution has been well-documented in the city for decades. For example, in May 1994, the student […]
West Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, about 5 miles west of downtown Hartford. Its population was roughly 63,000 as of the 2020 census. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented problems in the city for years. For example, in May, 2015, West Hartford police investigated a 27-year-old Hartford woman accused of trying […]
St. Marys is a city in Elk County, Pennsylvania with a population of about 13,000 residents. It is located in the northern, sparsely populated region of the state, near the Allegheny National Forest. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city, and responses to those and related offenses have included the arrest of […]
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