Anderson County is located in the northeastern region of Tennessee, and has a population of approximately 78,000. The government seat is the city of Clinton, and other substantial cities and towns in the county include Oak Ridge and Oliver Springs. Anderson County is included in the Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Oliver Springs drew media attention in […]
Monroe County located on the south eastern border of Tennessee, and has a population of about 47,000. Its county seat is Madisonville. Problems associated with prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented within the county. Among the tactics used to address these problems are those focusing on combating consumer-level demand. For example, in May, […]
Tyler is a city of approximately 107,000 residents located in Smith County, in eastern Texas. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in the city and greater county areas. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious […]
Kingston is a city of roughly 13,000 residents located in Luzerne County in central Pennsylvania. The region has a well-documented history of sex trafficking and prostitution activity. To address such problems, tactics have been employed that focus on the consumer demand side of the local prostitution market. Sting operations have been conducted in the city […]
Toms River is a township of about 92,000 residents in Ocean County, New Jersey. Its mainland portion serves as the government seat of Ocean County. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented in the town. For example, in April 2021, Ocean County authorities announced that a man and woman from Toms River were each charged with […]
Summit County is an urban county in Ohio with approximately 540,000 residents, making it the the fourth-most populous county in Ohio. The county seat and population center is the city of Akron. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of Summit County over the decades, and have generated numerous […]
Black Hawk County is located in northeastern Iowa, north of Cedar Rapids, and with a population of roughly 130,000 is Iowa’s fourth-most populous county. More than half of its population is in the city of Waterloo, which serves as the county’s government seat. Black Hawk County is part of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metropolitan Statistical […]
Lynn is a town within Washington Township in Randolph County, Indiana. It is located in eastern Indiana, near the Ohio border, between Muncie, IN and Dayton, OH. The town’s population is under 1,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented within the county for years, generating complaints and tips to police. Local efforts to […]
Randolph County is located in eastern Indiana on the Ohio border, between Muncie, IN and Dayton, OH. Its population is roughly 24,000 and its county seat is the city of Winchester. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented within the county for years, generating complaints and tips to police. Local efforts to address these problems […]
Guilderland is a town of approximately 35,000 residents in Albany County, New York, located between Schenectady and the state capitol city of Albany. Prostitution within the town has been well documented. For example, in September and November 2005, Guilderland police arrested several individuals in two incidents involving the act of prostitution. To our knowledge, reverse […]
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