Kane County has a population of roughly 532,000 residents, making it the fifth-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Geneva and its largest city is Aurora. The county is located about 40 miles west of Chicago, near Naperville. Several of the cities in Kane County have pursued anti-demand approaches to combating prostitution and […]
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 […]
Alameda County is included in the San Francisco Bay Area, occupying much of the East Bay region in Northern California. The county’s population is about 1.649 million, and the county seat is the city of Oakland. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented throughout the county for decades. While there are areas of affluence, […]
Alamance County is located in central North Carolina, and has a population of about 171,000. Throughout the county’s communities (e.g., Burlington, Mebane, Graham) and unincorporated areas, local prostitution generates numerous complaints to police and is linked to a number of other serious crime types, including child endangerment and sex trafficking. In May 2019, Alamance County deputies […]
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 […]
Milwaukee County is the most populous county in Wisconsin and the 45th most populous in the United States, with a population of approximately 950,000. Over half of the population (595,000) resides in the city of Milwaukee, which abuts Lake Michigan. The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office often collaborates with municipal Police Departments, including Glendale, Wauwatosa, West […]
Lorain County is located in northeastern Ohio within the Cleveland–Elyria Metropolitan Statistical Area, and has a population of approximately 309,000 residents. Its county seat is Elyria. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in […]
Denton County is located within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area of Texas, and the city of Denton serves as its government seat. It has a population of approximately 942,000 residents, and portions of the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth are within Denton County. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the communities […]
Lowell is an older industrial city of about 114,000 residents, located approximately 30 miles northeast of Boston, MA. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city, and Lowell has been an area of operation for larger prostitution rings and human trafficking networks that span multiple communities (e.g., Lawrence, Tewksbury, Andover, Haverill), states, […]
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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