Utah County is located in central Utah, about 30 miles south of Salt Lake City, along Interstate 15. Its county seat and largest city is Provo, and its population is roughly 665,000. Other noteworthy cities within Utah County include American Fork, Lehi, and Orem. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems within several of the […]
Louisville is a suburban town in Blount County, Tennessee, located in the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area near the towns of Alcoa and Maryville. Its population is roughly 4,000. Prostitution is a well documented problem locally and generates complaints to police from residents and businesses. For example, in 2016 a Louisville woman was arrested and charged […]
American Fork is a city in Utah County, Utah, located north of Utah Lake. It is part of the Provo–Orem Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the population is roughly 33,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city and surrounding areas, generating complaints to the police by residents. For example, in 2019, a couple […]
Putnam County, New York, has a population of just under 100,000; its county seat is the city of Carmel. The county is included in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area and is located in the lower Hudson River Valley. Noteworthy cities and towns within the county include Mahopac, Southeast, Cold Spring, and Brewster. […]
Concord is the capital city of New Hampshire, and also serves as the government seat of Merrimack County. Its population is approximately 44,000, and it is situated along the Interstate 93 corridor in central NH. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in the city, and some of the activity is linked to regional […]
Mercedes is a city of approximately 17,000 residents in Hidalgo County, Southern Texas. Mercedes sits across the Rio Grande from Reynosa, Mexico. The city is part of the greater McAllen–Edinburg–Mission and Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan area. Local law enforcement agencies have reported problems with prostitution in the community and surrounding areas for years, dating back to the […]
Lucas County, Ohio is bordered on the east by Lake Erie, and on the southeast by the Maumee River. Its population is about 429,000 residents, and its county seat is Toledo. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by law enforcement as substantial problems in the county, and residents have complained to police about prostitution […]
Pamelia is a town of approximately 3,000 people in Jefferson County, New York. Prostitution has been documented in the community, as have the arrests of sex buyers. In September 2019, a 75-year-old man was arrested by state police and charged with two counts of third-degree patronizing a prostitute, a class A misdemeanor. The charges stemmed […]
Rowan County, North Carolina has a population of about 150,000 and is located in the central portion of the state. is a city of approximately 34,000 residents, located in central North Carolina’s Rowan County. Prostitution and the sex trafficking of minors have been reported in the area, and residents have complained to law enforcement about […]
Allegheny Township is a community in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Its population is about 8,000 and it is the northernmost municipality of Westmoreland County. Prostitution is a well documented problem in the community. For example, in May, 2013 a massage parlor in Allegheny Township was the center of a prostitution investigation by state police. A four-month […]
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