Edina is a city with a population of about 53,000 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have 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 result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and […]
Thief River Falls, also called Thief River or TRF, is a city in Pennington County, Minnesota. The population is just under 9,000, according to the 2020 census. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Pennington County. This activity and the problems and ancillary […]
Mahnomen is a town with a population of approximately 1,200 that serves as the county seat of Mahnomen County, Minnesota. U.S. Highway 59 and Minnesota State Highway 200 are two of the main routes in Mahnomen. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of […]
North Branch is a city in Chisago County, Minnesota, located at the junction of Interstate 35 and Minnesota State Highway 95. The population is roughly 10,600. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. For example, in March 2015 a massage and […]
Wright County, Minnesota has a population of about 136,000, and is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat is Buffalo. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the cities (such as Howard Lake and Buffalo) and unincorporated areas of Wright County. Among the more serious crimes associated with the […]
Howard Lake is a city in Wright County, Minnesota with a population of about 2,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Wright County. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local prostitution market is sex trafficking. Consumer-level demand provides the revenue […]
Erie County is a county of approximately 273,000 residents located in western Pennsylvania, on Lake Erie. The largest city and county seat is Erie (the fourth largest city in Pennsylvania, with a population of approximately 100,000). Documented cases of prostitution and sex trafficking in the county date back to the 1950s. This activity and its […]
Lancaster County is located in southeast Pennsylvania. Lancaster is the county seat and largest city in Lancaster County. Prostitution has a long history in the county, as documented in historical documents dating back to the 1880s and through Temperance efforts to abolish the open trade in brothels in the early 1900s. In contemporary times, prostitution […]
Delaware County, PA, is situated roughly equidistant between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware in southeast Pennsylvania. With a population of about 574,000 it is the fifth most populous county in Pennsylvania. Its government seat is the city of Chester. Prostitution and sex trafficking have posed considerable problems in the county for years. For example, in […]
Beaver County is located in the northwest suburbs of Pittsburgh in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Its population is roughly 167,000, and the county seat is the city of Beaver. Other substantial cities and towns within the Western Pennsylvania county are Beaver Falls, Aliquippa, Center Township, Ambridge, Rochester, and Monaca. Prostitution has been recognized as a local […]
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