Binghamton is a city of approximately 45,000 residents located near the south-central border of New York and Pennsylvania in Broome County. Prostitution activity, including the sex trafficking of minors, has been reported in the community for several years, and has generated complaints to law enforcement. Targeted murders of individuals engaged in prostitution have also been […]
Beaver Falls is a town of less than 10,000 residents in Western Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh and Aliquippa, located in Beaver County, PA. Prostitution has been recognized as a local problem for decades, and community complaints have played a role in police deciding to allocate resources and conduct investigations and enforcement operations. To combat the consumer-level demand […]
Beaumont is a city a Southeastern Texas city, located in Jefferson County, TX, and has a population of roughly 117,000 residents. Prostitution is a persistent and visible problem in the area, generating complaints to police from businesses and residents. Among the more serious problems associated with commercial sex in the area include sex trafficking and […]
Baltimore is the largest city in Maryland, with over 575,000 residents. Street prostitution has been a persistent and visible problem in the city for decades. This activity, as well as indoor prostitution, which is facilitated online, and the problems and ancillary crimes they generate, result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. […]
Austin is a city of roughly 965,000 residents, situated in central Texas’ Travis County. Cases of sex trafficking– involving both adult and minor victims– have been investigated in the city, and prostitution has been identified as a longstanding problem for certain neighborhoods for decades. Prostitution-related homicides, and a wide range of other serious crimes, have […]
Aurora is a city of approximately 180,000 residents, located about 40 miles west of Chicago. It is the second most populous city in Illinois, and it boundaries extend into Kane, DuPage, Will and Kendall counties. Prostitution activity has been well-documented throughout the region, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law […]
Atlantic Beach, with a population of about 13,000 residents, is located on the Atlantic coast in Duval County near Jacksonville, Florida. Prostitution has long been the subject of complaints by the community for decades. In a recent example, an investigation into prostitution allegations was conducted after neighboring business owners and employees complained to police about […]
Atlanta, home to about 500,000 residents, is the capital of Georgia and the county seat of Fulton County. Atlanta was one of the “early adopters” of tactics used to combat demand for commercial sex. The city has been a pioneer in public education and awareness campaigns focused on demand for trafficked sex and prostitution. Reverse […]
Athens is a city of approximately 127,000 residents, located 70 miles east of Atlanta in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-established problems in the area, exacerbated by the proximity to Atlanta, a key hub in domestic and international sex trafficking circuits in the U.S. According to a supervisor within the Athens-Clarke County […]
Asheville is a city of roughly 94,000 residents in western North Carolina, in Buncombe County. Local prostitution generates numerous complaints to police and is linked to a number of other serious crimes, including child endangerment, assault, and homicide. Street-level and web-based reverse stings have occurred in Asheville since at least 2004, according to police surveyed […]
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