Yellowstone County is a county of approximately 167,000 residents in the U.S. state of Montana. The county seat and largest city is Billings, MT, which is also the largest city in the state. Partially due to the state’s large number of truck stops, prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent and visible problems for decades, […]
The city of Napa is the largest municipality in Napa County, with a population of about 79,000. It is located north of San Pablo Bay in northern California. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city of Napa and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Napa County. This activity and the […]
Dawson County has approximately 9,000 residents and is located along Montana’s eastern border with North Dakota. Its largest city and county seat is Glendive, MT. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in the county for decades. This activity and its ancillary crimes has resulted in complaints to local law enforcement from residents and […]
Clark County is the most populous county in Nevada, with approximately 2.2 million residents. The largest share of the county’s population lives within the city of Las Vegas (population of approximately 600,000), but the county also includes cities such as Henderson (population of over 300,000), in addition to unincorporated areas. The county has been identified […]
Bucks County has a population of approximately 646,000, is located in southeastern Pennsylvania, and contains the communities of Bensalem Township and Quakertown. Prostitution and child sex trafficking are well-documented problems within the county, with activity frequently concentrated in and around the township’s many hotels and motels along the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Since 2012, local law enforcement […]
Quakertown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and has a population of about 9,000. The community is about 15 miles south of Allentown and Bethlehem and 50 miles north of Philadelphia. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the borough and surrounding communities, and other areas of Bucks County, frequently concentrated in and around hotels […]
Box Butte County has a population of about 11,000 residents and is located in southwestern Nebraska, near the Wyoming border. Its county seat is Alliance. Authorities at local, state, and federal levels have identified the county’s proximity to Interstate 80 (specifically, located on a highway connecting Interstate’s 25 and 80) to be the primary factor […]
Oneida County is located in upstate New York and has a population of approximately 231,000. Its two largest cities are Utica (the county seat) and Rome. Prostitution, sex trafficking, and associated violent crimes are well-documented problems in those cities and in surrounding areas of the county. For example, in 2003, a 16-year-old sex trafficking victim […]
Rome is a city in Oneida County, in upstate New York, with a population of approximately 32,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities and in unincorporated areas of Oneida County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Among the more […]
Grand Forks County is located in Eastern North Dakota and has a population of about 70,000 residents. Its county seat and largest city is Grand Forks. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been known to occur in the city and surrounding areas dating back to the late 1800s when the railroads were being built. Prostitution increased […]
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