Caddo Parish is located in northwest Louisiana, on the west side of the Red River, across the river from Bossier City. It has a population of about 243,000 people, most of which (218,000) reside in Shreveport, the third-largest city in Louisiana, and the county seat. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems throughout the county. […]
Bexar County is located in southern Texas and has a population of approximately 2 million. The county seat and most populous city, San Antonio, TX, has a population of over 1.5 million residents within city limits. Due to the county’s location, prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by community leaders and law enforcement agencies […]
Waite Park is a city of about 8,000 residents in the St. Cloud metro region of Minnesota. The metro area has nearly 190,000 residents between three counties and is an hour from the Twin Cities off Interstate 94. According to the County Attorney, this makes the region an easy target for traffickers. In response, agencies have […]
Outagamie is a county in the northeast region of Wisconsin, located 100 miles north of Milwaukee, and has a population of over 192,000. Appleton is the county seat, and has approximately 73,000 of the county’s residents. Prostitution and child sex trafficking have been well-documented in Appleton, surrounding communities, and unincorporated areas of the county. To […]
Shoreline is a city in Washington state of approximately 57,000 residents located in King County, WA, nine miles north of Downtown Seattle bordering the northern Seattle city limits. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city, particularly along the portions of Aurora Avenue that run from southern Shoreline to northern Seattle. The stretch […]
Brainerd is a city of roughly 14,000 residents in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It is the county seat of Crow Wing County, and is one of northern Minnesota’s largest cities. Prostitution has been a well documented local problem dating back to the 1800s, and sex trafficking continues to occur locally. Included in the range or […]
Keizer is a small city in Northwest Oregon of less than 40,000 residents, located immediately north of Salem, OR, and along the Interstate-5 corridor in Marion County, OR. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented in this region. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. In […]
With a population of approximately 73,000, Bismarck is the capitol of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. The city has a long history of prostitution and the problems associated with it, including sex trafficking and illicit massage businesses. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is child […]
Santa Clara County is located south of San Francisco, and has a population of about 1,936,000. The county seat and largest city is San Jose, the 10th most populous city in the United States. Other communities of note within the county include Milpitas and Campbell. The county has long-running, well-documented problems with commercial sex […]
McLennan County is located in central Texas and has approximately 263,000 residents. The city of Waco is the county seat, and other noteworthy communities within the county include China Spring and Woodway. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been reported in the county for several decades. In 2017 it was reported that the county ranked […]
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