Cleveland Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and an inner-ring suburb of Cleveland. The city’s population is roughly 45,000 residents. The Cuyahoga County region has experienced a wide range of negative events associated with the local commercial sex market. For example, in March 2018, a Cleveland Heights man appeared in Cuyahoga County Common […]
DeSoto County is located on the northwest border of Mississippi, and has a population of approximately 182,000. Its county seat is the city of Hernando. DeSoto County is part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. Among its other notable communities is Southaven, a city of approximately 50,000 residents, situated in the southern suburbs of […]
Glen Dale is a city in Marshall County, West Virginia, located along the Ohio River. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the town’s population is approximately 1,500. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the region, and ancillary crimes it generates complaints to law enforcement agencies. Consumer-level demand provides the […]
Clinton is a city of about 27,000 residents in Hinds County, Mississippi. It is situated in the Jackson metropolitan area, and is the tenth largest city in the state. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Hinds County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes […]
Kalispell is a city of approximately 26,000 residents located in Northwest Montana across the border from British Columbia. It’s the county seat of Flathead County, MT. Cases of prostitution have been reported in the city and throughout the county. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. […]
Cascade County is located in Central Montana and has a population of about 82,000. Its county seat is Great Falls, MT, where prostitution has been well-documented. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in the county for over a century. In 1888, when the city was just four years old, an ordinance was passed […]
Jackson Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio and has a population of roughly 40,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the township, surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law […]
Guernsey County, Ohio has a population of roughly 38,000 residents, and its county seat is the city of Cambridge. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity within the county have been well-documented. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Among the more serious crimes associated with the […]
Lehigh County is located in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. Its population is about 376,000, and its county seat is Allentown, the state’s third-largest city behind Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Prostitution activity have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the county for decades. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it […]
Dorchester County, Maryland, has a population of about 33,000. It is located on the Atlantic coast of Maryland, and its county seat is the city of Cambridge (population approximately 12,000). Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the county and throughout the region. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates […]
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