Superior is a city of approximately 27,000 residents, located along Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin’s Douglas County. Situated across the bay from Duluth, Minnesota, the cities comprise the Twin Ports metropolitan area. Prostitution has been documented in Superior and Duluth dating back to the early 1900s. For example, between 1951 and 1956, there was a federal campaign […]
Parkland is a census-designated place in Washington state of approximately 38,000 residents, located just south of Tacoma in Pierce County, WA. Prostitution is a longstanding problem for the city and surrounding areas, with known cases of serial killers and serial rapists targeting prostituted women. Additionally, more common contributions to issues surrounding the area’s commercial sex […]
Naples is a city of approximately 22,000 residents located near Fort Myers in Collier County, Florida. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-established problems in Naples and the surrounding communities, generating complaints to the police. The area has also had documented cases of assault and battery committed against prostituted women. Reverse Stings and Identity Disclosure: To combat […]
Murfreesboro is a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee and has a population of over 158,000. It is the county seat of Rutherford County. Prostitution rings and hotel-based prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in the city, and to generate complaints to police. In one case, a pimp shot a man and was seized in […]
Kirkland is a city of approximately 92,000 residents in King County, WA. It is considered a suburb of Seattle and is located on the east side of Lake Washington. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city. These activities and their ancillary crimes have generated complaints to local law enforcement from residents and […]
Minot is a city of about 48,000 residents situated along Highway 2 in Northern part of North Dakota. It’s the county seat of Ward County. Prostitution and sex trafficking, including through illicit massage businesses, are well-documented problems in the county, generating numerous complaints to police from the community. The problems increased substantially due to the […]
Fridley is a suburb of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and has a population of about 30,000. In recent years, cases of prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported in the area, often with ties to the nearby Twin Cities. In June 2014, for example, a Fridley man was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison […]
Grand Forks, the county seat of Grand Forks County, is a city of about 57,000 residents in eastern North Dakota. 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 a great deal with North Dakota’s […]
South Burlington is a city of about 19,000 residents in northern Vermont, near Burlington in Chittenden County. While prostitution is not known to be widespread in the city, it (along with sex trafficking cases) have been reported in the area. To address such problems, it was announced in June, 2018 that the Vermont Human Trafficking […]
Cass County is located in North Dakota and has approximately 180,000 residents. The county is over 80% urban, and most of the population resides in the county’s government seat, Fargo. Police report that commercial sex is a substantial problem in the area, especially at local hotels and motels. In recent years there have been more […]
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