Oxnard is a city in Ventura County with about 202,000 residents, located to the northwest of Los Angeles, on the Pacific coast near the city of Ventura, California. Prostitution has been a documented, persistent problem in the city for decades, and has included cases of child sex trafficking. News archives discuss local prostitution in 1902, […]
Overland Park is the second-most populous city in the state of Kansas, with about 197,000 residents. It is located in Johnson County in the southwestern suburbs of Kansas City, Kansas. Prostitution and sex trafficking (of both adults and minors) have been reported in the community for several years. Law enforcement has reported that complaints from residents […]
Ouachita Parish has a population of just over 159,000 residents, and is located in northern Louisiana. In addition to city-level efforts in the parish’s largest communities (Monroe and West Monroe), the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office occasionally conducts anti-prostitution operations in the area. Complaints from the residents and businesses within the area have played a role […]
Osceola County is an inland area in central Florida, south of Orlando, with a population of roughly 388,500 that includes the city of Kissimmee. Prostitution and sex trafficking of children are well-documented problems within the county. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by […]
Orlando is located in Orange County in central Florida, with a population of approximately 307,000. City officials and residents have identified prostitution and sex trafficking as substantial problems locally. For example, prostituted women have been murdered in Orlando, and men have been arrested for child endangerment for having toddlers present in their vehicles while they […]
Orem is a community in Utah, about 30 miles south of Salt Lake City along Interstate 15, near Provo. Orem has a population of roughly 98,000. Prostitution activity, as well as cases of solicitation and the commercial sexual exploitation of minors, have been reported in the community for more than 40 years. Consumer level demand […]
Orange County is an area in central Florida with a population of roughly 1,430,000. The major population center of the county is Orlando, and it covers unincorporated areas and smaller cities. Prostitution is related to numerous problems in the county, including child sex trafficking. For example, in February 2022, the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation arrested […]
Orange County, located just south of Los Angeles, California, has a population of over three million residents. The county includes the cities of Anaheim, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Ana, Stanton, and Yorba Linda. Prostitution and sex trafficking are substantial problems in the area; in […]
Orange County, New York is located about 60 miles north of New York City near Poughkeepsie, and has a population of about 400,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking have posed significant problems within the county for at least four decades. Among the more serious problems was the murder of a prostituted woman, and sex trafficking […]
Omaha, Nebraska is situated along the Missouri River, close to the Iowa border. Omaha is the seat of Douglas County, which contains over one-fourth of the Nebraska’s residents (585,000), most living in Omaha (population 487,000+), the county seat and the state’s largest city. Prostitution has generated numerous community complaints for decades, and sex trafficking has […]
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