Modesto is a city of approximately 219,000 residents, located in central California’s Stanislaus County about an hour south of Sacramento. The city has struggled with street prostitution and sex trafficking along its major roads for more than 50 years. While local law enforcement issued citations to sex buyers found as they focused on arresting prostituted […]
Mobile is a port city on Alabama’s Gulf Coast. It is the county seat of Montgomery County, AL and, with a population of roughly 185,000 residents, it is the third most populous city in the state of Alabama. Numerous problems have been linked to prostitution locally, including sex trafficking of children, and the rape, assault, […]
Missoula is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of Montana with a population of approximately 75,000 residents. It is the largest city and county seat of Missoula County, MT. Cases of prostitution date back to at least 1917, when the local paper reported that the red light district “ceased to exist” after the new […]
The twin cities of Minneapolis (pop. approximately 425,000) and St. Paul have had well-documented, persistent problems with prostitution and sex trafficking for decades. Collateral crimes have included the sex trade-related production of child sexual abuse materials (CSAM, commonly referred to in legal codes as “child pornography”), rape, assault, theft, murder of prostituted and trafficked women, […]
Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin, with a population of roughly 570,000 residents. It is the largest city and county seat of Milwaukee County, WI. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified as serious local problems for decades, generating numerous complaints to the police from residents and businesses. Related problems have included homicides and […]
Millville is a city in Cumberland County, New Jersey with a population of roughly 28,000, near Vineland and Bridgeton. Prostitution and sex trafficking have posed persistent problems in the community for decades, and continue to generate complaints to law enforcement. Among the reported crimes linked to the local commercial sex market are minors involved in prostitution […]
Milford is a city of approximately 28,000 residents, located in Worcester County in south central Massachusetts. In addition to numerous complaints about indoor prostitution in the community, local law enforcement have reported an increase in web-based prostitution sales over the past decade. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is sex […]
Midwest City is a city of approximately 58,000 residents, located in the greater Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. Community residents have reported problems with prostitution in the city, with activities concentrated in and around the city’s massage parlors, and there are documented cases of local murders of sex trafficking victims and prostituted persons as well. Through […]
Midvale is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah. It is part of the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Statistical Area, with approximately 36,000 residents. Prostitution has been documented in the city, as have cases of the commercial sexual exploitation of minors and the targeted assaults on women engaged in prostitution. Consumer level demand provides the […]
Midland is a city of approximately 131,000 residents, located in the Southern Plains of western Texas in Midland County. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in the city, and have generated complaints from the community and investigations by police. For example, in a November 2013 case, two Houston residents pleaded guilty to child […]
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