Leavenworth is a town of less than 250 residents in Crawford County, located in southern Indiana. It is an outer suburb of Louisville, KY. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has been targeted by local law enforcement agencies as a strategy for prevention and response. A law enforcement […]
Lake City is a city in Clayton County, Georgia, with a population of approximately 3,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented and longstanding problems throughout Clayton County. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law enforcement agencies as a strategy for prevention and […]
Union City is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, with a population of approximately 27,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented and longstanding problems throughout Fulton County. For example, the county was one of the sites of the 2009 three-day national enforcement action as part of the Innocence Lost National Initiative. Many local operations since then […]
Brooklet is a city of about 1,800 residents in Bulloch County, Georgia. It is located in southeastern Georgia in the greater Savannah region, roughly 10 miles east of Statesboro. Prostitution has been a well-documented problem throughout the county for many years, and has generated complaints from residents to law enforcement. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream […]
Greene County, Virginia, has a population of approximately 20,000, and is part of the Charlottesville, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results […]
Mecklenburg County, Virginia, has a population of approximately 30,000. Its government seat is the city of Boydton. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. For example, in August 2006, Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office officials arrested […]
Beardstown is a city in Cass County, Illinois. Its population is approximately 6,000, and it is located along the Illinois River in the western part of the state, southwest of Peoria and northwest of Springfield. Evidence of prostitution activity in Beardstown dates back to the 1870s through the present, and in contemporary times the problems […]
Habersham County is a county located in the northeastern part of Georgia. Its population is approximately 45,000, and its county seat is the city of Clarkesville. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Consumer level demand provides the revenue […]
Liberty is a city in Clay County, Missouri, United States, and is a suburb of Kansas City. Its population is about 32,000, and it serves as the government seat of Clay County. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in other areas of the county. This activity and the problems […]
San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, CA, on the San Francisco Peninsula. It is about 20 miles south of San Francisco, and has a population of approximately 104,000 residents. Prostitution has historically been an issue in the county with initial reports dating back to the era of the gold rush. Prostitution and […]
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