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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Prairie Village is a small city of about 23,000, situated near Overland Park, KS among the suburbs of Kansas City, KS. Prostitution and sex trafficking are substantial problems in the area. We know of one reverse sting that occurred in Prairie Village, a web-based operation conducted in August 2012. The police department posted a decoy […]
Wyandotte County is an area located in northeast Kansas with a population of roughly 165,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented within the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes associated with the […]
Worcester is a city of approximately 206,000 residents, located about 40 miles west of Boston and 40 miles east of Springfield, in central Massachusetts. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city, surrounding communities, and in other areas of the county. This activity, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to […]
Wichita is the largest city in Kansas, with a population of approximately 390,000 residents. Situated in Sedgwick County at the junction of Interstate 35 and U.S. Route 54, the city has struggled since at least the late 1970s with numerous problems associated with commercial sex occurring along major roadways. The south and north corridors of […]
Waynesville is a city in North Carolina of approximately 10,000 residents located between the Great Smokey and Blue Ridge mountains, about 20 miles west of Asheville. It is the county seat and largest city in Haywood County, and it is the largest city in North Carolina west of Asheville. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented […]
Washington, DC is the capital city and federal district of the United States. It is located on the east bank of the Potomac River and shares a border with Virginia and Maryland. It has a population of approximately 713,000 residents and is one of the most visited cities in the U.S. Like most large cities, […]
Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma, with a population of approximately 411,000. It is the largest city and serves as the county seat of Tulsa County. Prostitution and sex trafficking of both adults and children have been thoroughly documented as substantial problems in the city for decades, and residents have complained […]
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