St. Joseph is a city of about 72,000 residents, located in Buchanan County, Missouri (with parts of St. Joseph extending into Andrew County). Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Buchanan county for decades. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it […]
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 […]
Situated on the edge of the Cascade mountain range in Central Oregon, along the Deschutes River, Deschutes County has about 204,000 residents. Its government seat and principle population center is the city of Bend. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results […]
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 […]
Dane County, Wisconsin has a population of approximately 564,000 and its county seat is Madison, which is also the state capital. 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. Among the more serious crimes associated with […]
Calcasieu Parish has a population of about 200,000 and is located in southwest Louisiana, between Beaumont and Lafayette. The Parish is considered a distant suburban area of Houston, and for decades has had well-documented problems with sex trafficking and prostitution activity in unincorporated areas, and in the cities of Sulphur and Lake Charles. The commercial […]
Monroe County is located in eastern Pennsylvania, roughly 50 miles southeast of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, and has about 169,000 residents. Some cities in this county that have worked on addressing demand include Stroudsburg and Mount Pocono. Prostitution activity, often arranged online and occurring within local businesses and hotels, has been reported in the county for […]
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