Grand Forks County is located in Eastern North Dakota and has a population of about 70,000 residents. Its county seat and largest city is Grand Forks. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been known to occur in the city and surrounding areas dating back to the late 1800s when the railroads were being built. Prostitution increased […]
Jefferson County is a county in the U.S. state of Colorado and has a population of approximately 583,00 residents, making it the fourth-most populous county in Colorado, located just southeast of Denver, CO. The county seat is Golden, CO, and the most populous city is Lakewood, CO. Prostitution and child sex trafficking activity has been […]
Bossier Parish is located in northwest Louisiana, in the Shreveport metropolitan area and has a population of roughly 130,000 residents. The government seat is Bossier City, LA. Prostitution activity have been well-documented in the cities and surrounding areas of the parish. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to […]
Anoka County is the fourth-most-populous county in Minnesota, with a population of over 367,000. The county seat is the city of Anoka, and the largest city within the county is Blaine. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul metro region, including within Anoka […]
Allegheny County is a county of roughly 1.28 million residents, in western Pennsylvania, and contains Pittsburgh, PA, the second-largest city in the state. The county has experienced a wide array of problems associated with commercial sex, including the homicides of persons being sold in commercial sex (including 12 of which may have been serial homicides […]
Crow Wing County is included in the Brainerd Micropolitan Statistical Area of Minnesota, and has a population of about 67,000. Its county seat is Brainerd, and the county also includes the communities of Baxter and Breezy Point. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in these cities and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas […]
Montgomery County has a population of approximately 536,000 residents, making it the fifth-most populous county in Ohio. The county seat is Dayton, and Montgomery County is part of the Dayton, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Other cities in the county that have worked to address demand include Englewood, Huber Heights, Riverside, and Vandalia. Numerous problems associated […]
Contra Costa County occupies the northern portion of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. It is primarily suburban, and has a population of over 1,100,000 residents. Its county seat is Martinez. Commercial sex activity has been well-documented in the communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and […]
Chittenden County is the most populous county in Vermont, with a population of over 168,000 and anchored by the state’s most populous municipality, the city of Burlington. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in that city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Chittenden County, for decades. For example, in November 1981 a […]
Burlington is a city of about 42,000 residents in northern Vermont, in Chittenden County. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to be widespread in the city and surrounding areas, and have been for decades. For example, in November 1981 a man was arrested and charged with operating a local prostitution ring under the guise of […]
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