Marion is a small city of just under 8,000 residents, located in McDowell County, North Carolina, near Asheville. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the city, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Consumer-level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking and has […]

Machesney Park is a village of approximately 23,000 residents, situated in the suburbs of Rockford in Winnebago County, Illinois. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and 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 […]

Wallkill is a town of about 29,000 residents, located in southern New York’s Orange County near Poughkeepsie and Middletown. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the town have been well documented, and have resulted in complaints to the police by residents. In their efforts to reduce prostitution locally, law enforcement have staged multiple reverse stings in […]

Framingham is a town of just over 71,000 residents, located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts near Ashland and Natick. Commercial sex activity– occurring online, on town streets, and within adult-oriented businesses– has been reported in the community for decades, and has generated substantial complaints to law enforcement and local officials. Prostitution transactions have also been linked […]

Ladson is a census-designated place of roughly 15,000 residents, located in South Carolina’s Berkeley County and Charleston County near Summerville. Prostitution activity has been reported in the community, and has been linked to at least one serial rapist who specifically targeted prostituted women. The offender reportedly picked up women in high-stroll areas of North Charleston, […]

Summerville is a town of roughly 51,000 residents, located in South Carolina’s Berkeley County and Charleston County, near Ladson. Prostitution activity has been reported in the town for over 25 years. It has also been linked to at least one serial rapist who specifically targeted women in prostitution. The offender reportedly picked up women in […]

Newark is a village of approximately 9,000 residents, situated 35 miles southeast of Rochester in Wayne County, New York, within the town of Arcadia. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the village and nearby communities, and throughout the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement […]