Mathews County is located in the Middle Peninsula area of Virginia. It is included in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, and has a population of roughly 8,500. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented within the county. For example, in November 2019, a Virginia man was arrested and jailed without bail after allegedly […]
Coventry Township is a community of about 11,000 residents located in Summit County, Ohio, in the Akron metro region. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of Summit County over the decades, including in Coventry Township. This activity has generated numerous problems leading to complaints and tips to […]
Harker Heights is a city in Bell County, TX, located between Austin, TX and Waco, TX, with a population of approximately 34,000 residents. Due to its location along Interstate 35, an interstate well known for issues related to the commercial sex market, instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented in the city […]
Stateline is a census-designated place on the southeastern shore of Lake Tahoe in Douglas County, NV, and has a population of approximately 930 residents. Prostitution in the state of Nevada is legal in counties with populations under 700,000 residents and is illegal in counties with populations over 700,000 residents. In the State’s larger cities such […]
Douglas County is a county in the Northwest part of Nevada and has a population of roughly 48,000 residents. The county seat is Minden. Prostitution in the state of Nevada is legal in counties with populations under 700,000 residents and is illegal in counties with populations over 700,000 counties. In the State’s larger cities such […]
Katy is a city in Texas that lies just west of Houston, TX and has a population of approximately 24,000 residents. It is the tripoint of Harris County, Fort Bend County, and Waller County. Katy is located on the outskirts of Houston, Texas, a city the largely documents instances of prostitution and sex trafficking. For […]
Scioto County has a population of roughly 75,000 and is situated along the northern banks of the Ohio River, about 30 miles northwest of Ashland, Kentucky. Its population center and government seat is Portsmouth. Commercial sex, including the sex trafficking of minors, has been reported within the county since the 1870s. A wide range of […]
East Palestine is a village in eastern Columbiana County, Ohio. Its population is roughly 4,700, and it is located on the state’s border with Pennsylvania, about 20 miles south of Youngstown and 50 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented locally and throughout the region. For example, in December 2016, a […]
Yonkers is a city of about 209,000 residents located along the Hudson River, in Westchester County, New York. It is classified as an inner suburb of New York City, located directly to the north of the Bronx and just two miles north of the northernmost point in Manhattan. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well […]
Bow is an unincorporated community of about 3,600 residents in Skagit County, Washington. It is located near the towns of Bay View, Edison, Burlington, and Mount Vernon. Bow is roughly an hour north of Seattle and 30 minutes south of the Canadian border via Interstate 5. The region has had well-documented street prostitution and indoor prostitution […]
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