Lomita is a city of approximately 20,000 residents, located near Torrance in southwest Los Angeles County, CA. 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. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and […]
The City of Orange is a township of roughly 31,000 residents, situated just east of Newark near Irvington in Essex County, NJ. Although instances of prostitution and sex trafficking are limited in the area, efforts to reduce the demand for prostitution in the township have occurred. The Orange Police Department has conducted at least one […]
Layton is a city of approximately 77,000 residents, located in south-central Utah’s Davis County, near Ogden. Cases of prostitution and the sex trafficking of minors have been reported in the city, and this activity has also generated a wide range of other crimes, including drug and weapons offenses, money laundering, and the production of child […]
Bettendorf is a city of approximately 40,000 residents, located in eastern Iowa’s Scott County. The community is part of the “Quad Cities,” a group of five cities along the Iowa-Illinois border that include Bettendorf and Davenport, Iowa, and Moline and East Moline, Illinois. The city also hosts the Isle of Capri, a large casino that […]
Victoria is a city of approximately 65,000 residents, located in 30 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico in southeastern Texas’ Victoria County. Nicknamed “The Crossroads,” the community is roughly equidistant from Corpus Christi, Houston, San Antonio and Austin. Cases of prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported in the area for several years. Since […]
Yavapai County is a county of just over 242,000 residents, located in central Arizona. Prescott is the county seat and largest city. The city of Sedona is situated in both Yavapai and Coconino Counties. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the cities and unincorporated are of the county. In addition to city-level efforts […]
Flathead County has approximately 102,000 residents and is located by the Canadian border in Northwest Montana. Its county seat and largest city is Kalispell, MT. Cases of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented throughout the county. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. For example, […]
East Cleveland is a city of approximately 14,000 residents, located in the Cleveland suburbs in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Prostitution, as well as prostitution-related violence, have been reported in the area for decades. For example, in 2014, law enforcement reported they received “approximately five to six calls per day” from residents about street prostitution occurring in […]
St. Johns County is a county of just under 300,000 residents, located on the northeastern shore of Florida, near Jacksonville. St. Augustine is the county seat and largest city. 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 […]
Rome is a city of approximately 37,000 residents, located in northwest Georgia’s Floyd County. Prostitution and child sex trafficking have been reported in the city for several decades, generating complaints from residents and business owners. In the early 1970s, for example, Rome was discovered to be the operating base for at least two distinct prostitution […]
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