Pike County, Pennsylvania has about 60,000 residents and is included in the New York–Newark–Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of Pike County, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious […]
Saint Charles is a city in, and the county seat of, St. Charles County, Missouri. The population is about 70,000, making St. Charles the ninth-largest city in Missouri. It is located along the Missouri River, and is a northwestern suburb of St. Louis. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity in St. Charles County have been well-documented […]
Durham County, North Carolina had a population of approximately 327,000, making it the sixth-most populous county in the state. It has well-documented problems with sex trafficking and prostitution, including cases of organized child sex trafficking and multi-state prostitution rings based out of the city of Durham (the county seat). The main tactics used to combat […]
Haywood County is located in the western region of Tennessee. Its population is about 18,000 and its county seat and largest city is Brownsville. Prostitution activity has been well-documented throughout the county and has generated complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local prostitution market […]
Woodstock is a city of approximately 26,000 residents in Northeastern Illinois. It is the government seat of McHenry County, IL, and is located about 50 miles northwest of Chicago. Prostitution and sex trafficking (and associated violence) are well-documented problems in the region, generating residential complaints to local law enforcement. For example, on May 18, 2011, […]
Salida is a city of about 15,000 residents, located in the Central Valley area of California, in Stanislaus County. Prostitution has been a substantial problem in the area for decades, with recent activities concentrated in the cities of Modesto, Turlock, and surrounding towns, including Salida. Child sex trafficking is also well documented within the county. […]
Eden Prairie is a city of approximately 65,000 residents in Minnesota, located about 10 miles southwest of downtown Minneapolis in Hennepin County, MN. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Hennepin County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to […]
Clackamas County has approximately 415,000 residents and is located in Northwestern Oregon. Its county seat is Oregon City and its largest communities are Oregon City and Lake Oswego. It also contains Canby, Wilsonville, Gresham, and a small portion of Portland. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been known to occur in the area for decades. […]
Rockdale County, Georgia, is located about 25 miles east of Atlanta; its county seat is the city of Conyers. Rockdale has a population of approximately 94,000. A number of problems associated with local prostitution have been documented, including a case of child endangerment involving young children, rape, robbery, kidnapping, assault, and human trafficking charges have […]
Ansonia is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut. It is located along the Naugatuck River, immediately north of Derby, and about 12 miles New Haven. Its population is about 19,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and other communities in the area, which has generated complaints to law enforcement agencies. Consumer level demand […]
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