Osage County is a county of about 16,000 residents in eastern Kansas, located south of Topeka. Its county seat is Lyndon, and its most populous city is Osage City. Prostitution within the county has been well-documented back to the 1800s. One example includes a case in July 2008 when a search warrant executed in Carbondale […]
El Paso County, Colorado has a population of approximately 738,000 residents, and is located south of Denver along Interstate 25. Its population center is the city of Colorado Springs. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented in incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. Additionally, there have been cases of targeted homicide against prostituted people. […]
Webb County, Texas is located along the Mexican border and has a population of approximately 268,000 residents. Its largest city and government seat is Laredo. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent and visible problems within the cities and unincorporated area of the county for decades. Among the serious related crimes have been the serial […]
Gregg County is a county located in eastern Texas and has a population of roughly 124,000. Its county seat is the city of Longview, which has approximately 80,000 residents. Containing the intersection of Interstate 20, Route 80, and Route 259, the county has been a site of widespread prostitution for decades, generating numerous complaints to city […]
Beauregard Parish is located in western Louisiana, near the Texas border. The population is about 37,000. The parish seat is DeRidder. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented in the Parish, and among the efforts to address those crimes are operations seeking to arrest and punish sex buyers. For example, in December 2018, three men […]
Burbank is a city of about 105,000 residents located in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, CA, located just 12 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, CA. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented problems in the city. Among the more serious issues associated with the commercial sex market […]
Muskingum County, Ohio has a population of about 86,000 and its county seat is the city of Zanesville. It is located in central Ohio, about 70 miles east of Columbus on the Interstate 70 corridor. Police have fielded “continuous” complaints about prostitution from residents and businesses, and sex trafficking is known to occur in many […]
Solon is a city of about 24,000 residents in Cuyahoga County, Ohio and is a suburb of Cleveland. It is part of northeast Ohio’s combined Cleveland–Akron–Canton metropolitan area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in Solon and in nearby communities and unincorporated areas of Cuyahoga County. This activity and the problems and ancillary […]
Sweetwater County is a county located in Southwestern Wyoming, abutting the northern borders of Colorado and Utah. Its population is roughly 44,000, and its county seat is the city of Green River. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented in the city of Rock Springs, Green River, and other areas of the county, generating complaints to […]
Union City is a city located in Obion County, in northwestern Tennessee. Its population is roughly 11,000. Union City is the principal city of the surrounding micropolitan area, which includes Obion County TN and Fulton County, KY. Sex trafficking and prostitution are documented problems in the city and surrounding areas, and to address them sex […]
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