Chino is a city of roughly 93,0000 residents located in the western end of San Bernardino, CA, with Los Angeles County to its west and Orange County to its south in the Southern California region. Chino is adjacent to Chino Hills and Yorba Linda. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city, […]
Lemoore is a city in Kings County, CA, and has a population of approximately 26,000 residents. Lemoore is located 7.5 miles west-southwest of Hanford and is part of the Hanford-Corcoran MSA. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city. Among the more pervasive issues associated with the city’s commercial sex market […]
Sunnyvale is a city located in the Santa Clara Valley in northwest Santa Clara County, CA, and has a population of approximately 153,000 residents. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. Among the more serious issues associated with the city’s commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. […]
Wellington is a statutory town in Colorado, within Larimer County, and has a population of approximately 12,000 residents. It is located near the Wyoming border north of Denver and is part of the Fort Collins metropolitan area. For at least two decades, instances of prostitution, particularly those arranged online and conducted within city hotels and […]
Marcola is an unincorporated community of approximately 600 residents in Lane County, OR, situated northeast of Springfield, OR. While prostitution and sex trafficking are not significant issues in the community, reports of their occurrence have been well-documented throughout the county. Among the more serious crimes associated with the county’s commercial sex market is child sex […]
Sugar Land is a city just southwest of Houston, TX, with a population of approximately 110,000 residents. It is the largest city in Fort Bend County, TX. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and surrounding communities. Among the more serious issues associated with the city’s commercial sex market is […]
Upper Arlington is a city of about 36,000 residents in Franklin County, Ohio, located on the northwest side of the Columbus metropolitan area. Prostitution is a well-documented problem in the city. For example, in October 2013, an Upper Arlington woman was arrested and charged with prostitution after allegedly inviting men to have paid sex at […]
Batesville is a city in Franklin and Ripley counties in the state of Indiana. Its population is roughly 7,200, making it the largest community in both counties but is not the county seat of either. Arrest, identity disclosure, and loss of employment are consequences of buying sex that have occurred in Batesville. In August, 2015, […]
Los Angeles County, officially known as the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States and in the state of California, with a population of more than ten million residents. The city of Los Angeles, CA is the county seat, the county’s largest city, […]
Sutton is a city in Clay County, Nebraska. Its population is approximately 1,000, and it is part of the Hastings Micropolitan Statistical Area in southeastern Nebraska, about 50 miles west of Lincoln. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems throughout the region, including within Clay County. In 2017, several members of the Clay County Sheriff’s […]
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