San Francisco is the leading population center of Northern California and the Bay Area, with a population of approximately 815,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the city are well documented, long-standing problems locally, and have been linked to cases of serial killers targeting individuals selling sex, numerous additional murders, and assaults on sex buyers as […]
San Diego, a city of 1.4 million residents in Southern California, has had well-documented and serious problems associated prostitution and sex trafficking for many decades. A large military presence has helped to boost the demand for commercial sex in the city, and in addition to the large supply of domestic victims, the proximity to Mexico […]
San Antonio is a large city in southern Texas’ Bexar County, and with a population of over 1.5 million residents. San Antonio is the largest city in southern Texas, the second largest city in the state of Texas, and the 7th largest city in the United States. Exacerbated by the city’s location, prostitution and sex […]
Salt Lake County is located in northern Utah. Its population of approximately 1,185,000 includes Salt Lake City and many suburbs and unincorporated areas in the metropolitan region around the state capitol, such as Midvale, Sandy, South Jordan, and Taylorsville. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in this area for at least six decades. […]
Salt Lake City, is the capitol and the most populous city of the state of Utah. It has a population of approximately 200,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Salt Lake County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to […]
Salem is city that serves both as the state capital of Oregon and the county seat of Marion County, OR, and has a population of approximately 178,ooo residents. Documented cases of prostitution and sex trafficking have occurred in the community, and residents living in areas affected by prostitution have reported being propositioned by potential sex […]
Sacramento County is a county of approximately 1.6 million residents, including the cities Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, and North Highlands, California. The county has had activity of serial rapists and murderers that specifically targeted prostituted women. Many cases of child sex trafficking have been documented in the county, as have assaults, rapes, weapons offenses, and other, […]
Rochester is a city of approximately 200,000 residents, located east of Buffalo in Monroe County, New York. The city has experienced chronic and well-documented issues related to prostitution and sex trafficking for many decades. A recent example includes a case in which a Rochester man pled guilty to sex trafficking by coercion, admitting to using […]
Rochester is a city of approximately 121,000 residents, located about an hour’s drive south of St. Paul in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported in the city for decades, as have cases of assaults and robberies committed against sexually exploited persons as well as sex buyers. In an effort to reduce […]
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia and government seat of Henrico County, VA. The city has a population of approximately 230,000 residents. It is surrounded by Henrico and Chesterfield counties. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified as substantial local problems by law enforcement in the city, and residents have complained to […]
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