Chester County, colloquially known as Chesco, is a county of roughly 535,000 residents in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The county seat and most populated municipality is West Chester, PA. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and its ancillary […]
Bartow is a city of almost 20,000 residents, located about 45 miles east of Tampa, and is the county seat of Polk County, Florida. Prostitution has been well-documented in the county and surrounding areas. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law […]
McDowell County is located in North Carolina, with approximately 45,000 residents. Its county seat is Marion, which comprises the Marion Micropolitan Statistical Area, also included in the Hickory-Lenoir Combined Statistical Area. According to McDowell County Sheriff’s Department, the police received numerous complaints and tips from the public about prostitution in the area. In response to […]
East Whiteland Township is a township of approximately 15,000 residents in southeastern Pennsylvania, located in Chester County, PA. It is situated just north of the state’s largest city, Philadelphia, PA. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the township and greater county areas. This activity and its ancillary crimes has resulted in complaints […]
Centre County is a county of approximately 163,000 residents in the central Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Bellefonte, PA. Centre County comprises the State College, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. 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 […]
Canton is a borough of approximately 1,900 residents in Pennsylvania located in Bradford County, PA. Although there have been relatively few reports of prostitution and sex trafficking in the borough of Canton, instances of commercial sex have occurred in the city and have been well-documented in the greater county area. Due to a boom in […]
Wormleysburg is a borough of approximately 3,000 residents in western Pennsylvania. It is an incorporated area in Cumberland County, PA. It lies across the Susquehanna River from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s capital. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area. Lemoyne belongs to the western group of Harrisburg suburbs located in Cumberland County. The three boroughs […]
Tehama County is a county of about 64,000 residents in northern California, almost 80 miles north of Yuba City. The county seat and largest city is Red Bluff. Prostitution and sex trafficking, including child sex trafficking, have occurred in the county. For example, in April 2022, two men were arrested following an investigation into child […]
Wake County is located in North Carolina, with a population of over 1.15 million, making it the state’s second-most populous county. The county seat is the city of Raleigh, the state capital. Eleven other municipalities are in Wake County, the largest of which is Cary, and others include Apex and Fuquay-Varina, and a part of […]
Porterville is a city of almost 60,000 residents in the San Joaquin Valley, located in Tulare County between Fresno and Bakersfield. It is part of the Visalia-Porterville metropolitan statistical area. Prostitution and sex trafficking, including child sex trafficking, have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. For example, […]
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