Bozeman is a city of about 55,000 in Southern Montana and is the county seat of Gallatin County, MT. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented in the city and surrounding area. Records of Bozeman’s red-light district date back to the 1870s, when a successful madam came from Helena, MT. In an 1880 census, there were […]
Gallatin County is in Southern Montana, and with a population of roughly 111,000 residents, it’s the third-most populous county in Montana. Its county seat and largest city is Bozeman, MT. Prostitution and sex trafficking—including through illicit massage parlors—have been documented throughout the county. Additionally, violence had occurred during commercial sex investigations. For example, in 1971, […]
Minnesota’s Stearns County is located about 60 miles northwest of the Twin Cities. Cases of prostitution and sex trafficking, often arranged online, have been reported throughout the county, and within its municipalities such as St. Cloud and Waite Park. In December 2017, Stearns County received a two-year state grant to convert a year-old sex-trafficking task […]
Bend is a city with approximately 97,000 residents in central Oregon on the eastern edge of the Cascade mountain range, along the Deschutes River. It is the government seat and principle population center of Deschutes County, OR. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities. This activity and the problems […]
Manassas is a town in northern Virginia with a population of approximately 43,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the town, surrounding communities, and in other areas of the county. This activity, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious […]
Burleigh County is a county of approximately 96,000 residents in North Dakota. It contains the state’s capitol city, Bismarck. The county has a history of problems associated with prostitution, and more recently has documented cases of sex trafficking. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is the sex trafficking of […]
Douglas County contains over one-fourth of the Nebraska’s residents (566,000), most living in Omaha (population 480,000), the county seat and the state’s largest city. The county also includes unincorporated areas and smaller cities and towns, such as Ralston, Bennington, and Waterloo. Since prostitution and sex trafficking operations cross jurisdictional boundaries, many of the law enforcement […]
Mercer County is located on the southwestern border of West Virginia. The population is approximately 60,000, its county seat is Princeton (population approximately 6,000), and its larger towns include Bluefield (11,000) and Beckley (20,000). Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been documented in these cities and throughout other smaller towns and unincorporated areas within the […]
Rock Springs is a city of approximately 24,000 residents in Southwestern Wyoming. It is the largest city in Sweetwater County, WY. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented in the city, generating complaints to local law enforcement. Among the more serious issues associated with the area’s commercial sex market are child sex trafficking and the targeted […]
San Diego County occupies the territory between the Mexican border and the Los Angeles Metro region and Los Angeles County. It is one of the largest counties in the United States, geographically, and is among the most populous with approximately 3.3 million residents. Its location as a border County makes it a major point of […]
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