St. Clair County is a county in central Alabama, located within the Birmingham, AL metropolitan area, with a population of roughly 93,00 residents. It has two county seats: Ashville and Pell City. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented within the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in […]
Jefferson County is the most populous county in the state of Alabama, with a population of roughly 668,000 residents. It is located in central Alabama and the county seat is Birmingham. Prostitution activity has been well-documented throughout Jefferson County for many years. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints […]
Homewood is a city of about 25,500 residents in southeastern Jefferson County, AL. It is a suburb of Birmingham, AL, located south of the city center. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results […]
Sussex County is located in southern Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula, and has a population of about 248,000 residents. The county seat is Georgetown, and other substantial towns within the county include Seaford, Ocean View, Rehoboth Beach, and Lewes. Prostitution has been identified by police and residents as a problem in these cities and throughout […]
Hall County is located in central Nebraska, and has roughly 62,000 residents. 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. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market are sex […]
Portage County, Ohio has a population of about 162,000, and its county seat is the city of Ravenna. Kent is the largest city in Portage County, which is located along the Cuyahoga River in the northeastern part of the state. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented throughout the county and in the region. […]
Union is a city of approximately 8,000 residents, located in Union County, South Carolina. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the […]
Kittitas County is a county in the center of Washington state, located just north of Yakima, WA, and has a population of approximately 48,000 residents. Its largest city and county seat is Ellensburg, WA. Prostitution activity has been well-documented throughout the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints […]
Medina County, Ohio, has a population of approximately 182,000, and its county seat is Medina. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented throughout the county and region. For example, between 2017 and 2019, state and federal agencies assisted local law enforcement agencies in investigating numerous cities and counties for alleged commercial sex crimes. The […]
Schenectady County is located about 20 miles northwest of Albany in upstate New York. Its population is about 158,000, and its county seat is the city of Schenectady (with about 67,000 of the county’s residents). Street prostitution has been reported in Schenectady for over forty years, and in the early 1980s police had identified the […]
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