Blair County, PA has a population of about 123,000, and its largest city is Altoona (pop. 44,000). It is located in the central part of the state along the interstate 99 corridor. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented problems occurring in Altoona and other areas within the county, with cases dating back many decades. […]
New Lisbon is a city in Juneau County, Wisconsin, with a population of about 1,750. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, including in New Lisbon. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has been targeted by local law enforcement agencies. For example, in January, 2021 a […]
Altoona is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, located in the central part of the state along the interstate 99 corridor. It is the principal city of the “Altoona Metropolitan Statistical Area” and has a population of approximately 44,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented problems occurring in Altoona, and bring with them a […]
Kotzebue is a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough of Alaska. It is the borough’s seat and the economic and transportation hub for the region’s small villages. The city has roughly 3,200 residents. Kotzebue is located 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle and is only accessible by airplane, and by boat in the summer. […]
Ellicott City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland, within the Baltimore metropolitan area. Its population is roughly 73,000. Prostitution is a well-documented problem in the city. For example, a 2005 report said Howard County leaders had long considered brothels, masked as massage parlors, a problem in the county. In 1997, […]
Grayson is a city in — and the county seat of — Carter County, Kentucky, located along US Route 60 and Interstate 64 in the state’s northeastern region. Within the city limits, the population is approximately 4,000. Prostitution and child sex trafficking have been documented in the Grayson area. At least one law enforcement operation […]
West Haven is located in Weber County, Utah, approximately 35 miles north of Salt Lake City and to the west of the Wasatch Mountains. The city’s population is approximately 16,000, and the municipality was formed by merging the unincorporated communities of Kanesville and Wilson in 1991. In response to the growing risk of sexual predators […]
Sonora, Kentucky is a community with a population of less than 600 individuals, and is located within Hardin County near Interstate 65. The town itself is only about 1.4 square miles wide, and is included in the Elizabethtown, Kentucky Metropolitan Area. Over the years, Elizabethtown and surrounding areas have had numerous cases of solicitation and […]
Cerro Gordo County is located in northern Iowa, and has a population of about 43,000. Its county seat is Mason City (with about 28,000 residents) and its other communities include Clear Lake (a city of about 7,800). Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas […]
The city of Maui, with approximately 160,000 residents, is the population center of Maui County, Hawaii. Prostitution, sex trafficking activity, and related crimes (such as drug offenses) have been documented in the city, and have led to complaints to the police from residents. Among the more serious crimes associated with the county’s commercial sex market […]
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