Tawas City, MI

Tawas City is a city along Lake Huron in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Its population is approximately 1,800, and it serves as the county seat of Iosco County. The city is adjacent to Tawas Township but is administratively autonomous. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and local […]

Havre de Grace, MD

Havre de Grace, is a city in Harford County, Maryland, situated at the mouth of the Susquehanna River and the head of Chesapeake Bay.  Its population is roughly 14,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems within the county.  Among the more serious crimes associated to the county’s commercial sex market include child sex trafficking. […]

Warren County, VA

Warren County, Virginia is within the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area and has a population of approximately 410,000 residents. The county seat is the city of Front Royal, VA. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in that city and throughout Warren County.  This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results […]

Boones Mill, VA

Boones Mill is a town in Franklin County, Virginia, with a population of 149 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity throughout Franklin county are well-documented.  For example, in 2015, a Franklin County man was sentenced in federal court for forcing a local woman to […]

Livingston, TN

Livingston is a town in Overton County, Tennessee, and serves as the county seat. Its population is approximately 3,900. Overton County is part of the Cookeville Micropolitan Statistical Area, in northern Tennessee. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution, and has been targeted by local law enforcement agencies as a strategy for prevention […]

Sevierville, TN

Sevierville is a city in east Tennessee with a population of approximately 17,000 residents. The city serves as the government seat of Sevier County and is located in eastern Tennessee, just southeast of Knoxville. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county. For example, an operation in July 2017, led to the arrest […]

Raleigh County, WV

Raleigh County, West Virginia has a population of about 75,000. Its county seat is the city of Beckley. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the county and its communities. 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 […]

Sedgwick County, KS

Sedgwick County is located in the U.S. state of Kansas with a population of approximately 524,000 residents, making it the second-most populous county in Kansas. Its county seat is Wichita, the most populous city in the state. The county lies at the junction of Interstate 35 and U.S. Route 54 and has struggled with commercial […]

Shawnee County, KS

Shawnee County is located in Northeast Kansas, in the central United States with a population of approximately 179,000 residents, making it the third-most populous county in Kansas. Its most populous city and county seat, Topeka, is the also state capital. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by law enforcement as problems in the county. […]

Riley County, KS

Riley County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas and has a population of approximately 75,000 residents. Its largest city and county seat is Manhattan, KS. Riley County is home to two of Kansas’s largest employers: Fort Riley and Kansas State University. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been reported in the […]