Alcoa is a small city of less than 10,000 residents, located south of Knoxville in Blount County, Tennessee. Local problems with prostitution, particularly occurring within adult-oriented businesses, have been reported in the community for over a decade. In 2002, for example, law enforcement dismantled a statewide prostitution ring operating out of several Blount County massage […]
Southington is a town of approximately 44,000 residents, situated near Waterbury and Meriden in Hartford County, Connecticut. In recent years, law enforcement and community members have reported problems with prostitution activity arranged online and occurring in and around local hotels and motels. Among the efforts to address local prostitution and sex trafficking of minors have […]
Redwood City is a city of approximately 82,000 residents, situated along the San Francisco Bay near San Jose and Palo Alto. It is the government seat of San Mateo County, CA. Prostitution and sex trafficking, occurring both at street-level and within adult-oriented businesses, have posed considerable problems to the community for decades. Among the more serious crimes associated […]
Pocola is a town of less than 4,500 residents in Eastern Oklahoma, located in Le Flore County, OK. The city is situated just south of Fort Smith, AR. Although incidents of prostitution in the community remain limited, law enforcement have in recent years reported an increase in commercial sex activity in and around the Choctaw Casino […]
Salina is a town of roughly 33,000 residents, situated in the northwest suburbs of Syracuse in Onondaga County, New York. Although many law enforcement efforts appear to target prostituted women and pimps (specifically those operating within adult-oriented businesses) rather than apprehending sex buyers, the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office has previously conducted at least one reverse […]
Huber Heights is a city of approximately 43,000 residents, located in the northern suburbs of Dayton within Montgomery County. Prostitution has been reported in the community and surrounding areas; in 2010, for example, the Dayton Daily News noted that the majority of offenders who had completed Dayton’s john school program were residents of Huber Heights. […]
Glendive is a city in Eastern Montana of approximately 5,000 residents. Situated along the state’s Eastern border with North Dakota, it’s the largest city and county seat of Dawson County, MT. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in the city and greater county area for decades. This activity and its ancillary crimes has […]
Secaucus is a town of roughly 21,000 residents, located near Union City and North Bergen in Hudson County, New Jersey. City officials and law enforcement have reported a rise in prostitution in the area since about 2010, with activities frequently arranged online and occurring within sexually-oriented businesses and local hotels and motels. Cases of child […]
Daphne is a city of approximately 29,000 residents located in Baldwin County, AL, along the eastern shore of the Mobile Bay. Incidents of prostitution and prostitution-related violence, specifically in and around the city’s hotels and motels, have been reported in the city for several years. For example, in 1992, the community drew significant media attention after a prostituted woman […]
San Ramon is a city of approximately 74,000 residents, located in the eastern suburbs of San Francisco near Hayward and San Leandro in Contra Costa County, California. Local law enforcement have reported problems with prostitution in the community for several years. In addition, the city has documented at cases of forced prostitution of minor girls (i.e., […]
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