Bergen County is the most populous county in the state of New Jersey, with a population of roughly 931,000. The county is located within 10 miles of Midtown Manhattan. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the area, and have generated complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Notable cities and […]
Stafford is a city of about 17,000 residents within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area of Texas. The city is mostly in Fort Bend County, with a small portion in Harris County. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented problems within the county, including Stafford. Sex trafficking has been such a substantial problem in the […]
Stafford is a small city of about 4,300 residents within Stafford County, Virginia, located along the state’s northern border. Prostitution has been identified by law enforcement as a problem in the city and throughout the county, and residents have frequently complained to police. For example, in April, 2019, three people were arrested in Stafford in […]
Chatham County is located in southeast Georgia, along the Interstate 95 corridor, and includes coastal areas. Chatham County has approximately 295,000 residents. The county seat and largest city is Savannah. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in the community and other areas within the county. Police and community members have identified that indoor […]
Merrill is a city of approximately 9,300 residents and serves as the county seat of Lincoln County, Wisconsin. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city, surrounding communities, and unincorporated areas of Lincoln County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. […]
Rhinelander is the county seat of Oneida County, Wisconsin, and has a population of roughly 7,600. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Oneida County. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market are sex trafficking, child endangerment, child sexual abuse materials (CSAM, […]
Woodford County is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area, and has a population of roughly 40,000. Its county seat is the city of Eureka. Prostitution activity has been well-documented throughout the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. […]
Vestavia Hills is a city in the state of Alabama that occupies parts of both Jefferson and Shelby counties. It is a suburb of Birmingham and its population is roughly 39,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of both Jefferson and Shelby counties. For example, in […]
Huntsville is the largest city and the government seat of Walker County, TX, with over 42,000 residents. Huntsville is approximately 70 miles north of Houston in the East Texas Piney Woods on Interstate 45, which runs between Houston and Dallas. Due to the city’s location along I-45, it is a part of what is known as the Texas Triangle. The […]
Macon County is located in central Illinois, east of Springfield, and has a population of approximately 100,000 residents. The largest city and county seat is Decatur. Serious problems related to prostitution, including the trafficking and exploitation of minors for commercial sex, have been reported in the county for over two decades. For example, in 1991, […]
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