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 […]
Multnomah County has approximately 803,000 residents and is located in northwestern Oregon. The county seat and the state’s largest city is Portland. Multnomah County is part of the Portland–Vancouver (WA)–Hillsboro OR–WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city of Portland and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Multnomah […]
Brevard County on the east coast of Florida, and has a population of approximately 600,000. The county seat is Titusvile, and other population centers within the county include the cities of Melbourne, West Melbourne, Palm Bay, and Cocoa. Prostitution and sex trafficking cases in the county date back decades, and have generated many other crimes, […]
Martin County is located in the Treasure Coast region of Florida on the Atlantic Coast. Its population is about 160,000, and the county seat is the city of Stuart. Martin County is in the Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Statistical Area. Among other cities in the county is Hobe Sound. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in […]
The Village of Dundee is a small community of about 4,400 residents in Monroe County, located in the Detroit/Ann Arbor metropolitan area of Michigan. In an effort to reduce the demand for prostitution, police began conducting reverse stings in the county in 1982, and participated in regional sting operations in 2017 and 2018. In April, […]
Kent County is a county located in central Delaware, and with a population of about 184,000, is the least populous county in the state. The county seat is Dover, the state capital. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been substantial, documented problems in the city for decades. Most of the policy activity addressing has been within […]
Fort Valley is a city in the Macon metropolitan area of Georgia. It has a population of fewer than 10,000 and serves as the government seat of Peach County. A wide range of problems and ancillary crimes associated with prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and generate complaints to police from […]
Worcester County is a county with about 862,000 residents, located about 40 miles west of Boston and 40 miles east of Springfield in central Massachusetts. Some cities in Worcester County that have worked to address demand include Auburn, Fitchburg, Holden, Leominster, Milford, Northborough, and Worcester. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the […]
Springfield is a city of about 154,000 residents, located 25 miles north of Hartford, Connecticut near Holyoke in south-central Massachusetts, within Hampden County. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by residents, businesses, and local law enforcement as a persistent problems in the city and surrounding areas for decades. In a recent example, in May, […]
Marion County is located in central Indiana and has a population of approximately 980,000. The county seat is Indianapolis, the state’s capital and largest city. County and Indianapolis residents, businesses, police, and others have recognized the area’s substantial prostitution problem for decades. They acknowledge the link between commercial sex and other crimes, including the sex […]
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