Hagerstown is a city of approximately 40,000 residents, located in Washington County, Maryland, about 20 miles north of Martinsburg, West Virginia. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity are well documented in this city and surrounding areas. For example, in June 2018 a man was sentenced to spend over a decade behind bars for sex trafficking of a […]
Gwinnett County is an area in northern Georgia with a population of roughly 965,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems throughout the county. For example, in April 2014 a Gwinnett County woman was charged with running a brothel from her apartment and forcing women to work as “sex slaves.” She used online ads […]
Gulfport is a city of approximately 72,000 residents, situated along Mississippi’s southeast coast near Biloxi in Harrison County. Prostitution has been identified as a problem in the city for several decades; businesses and residents lodge complaints about prostitution to police, and federal authorities have investigated cases of illegal immigrants being harbored in the city for […]
Gulf Shores is a coastal city of about 16,000 residents in Baldwin County, AL. 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. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is sex trafficking. Consumer […]
Guilford County contains the city of Greensboro, North Carolina, and has a population of about 542,000 residents. 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. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is […]
Greer is a city of about 39,000 residents in northwestern South Carolina, in Greenville County. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported locally. For example, in 2012, a Greer resident was arrested and charged with “pimping” (i.e., sex trafficking) two underage girls (ages 13 and 16) in nearby in Greenville. To reduce prostitution activity in […]
Greenwich is a town of under 64,000 residents located in southwestern Connecticut and is a suburb of New York City. The Greenwich Police Department works with Stamford police and other nearby agencies to conduct prostitution operations, including reverse stings. In 2011, undercover officers conducted a web-based reverse sting in which they posted decoy online ads […]
Greenville County is the most populous county in the state of South Carolina, with a population of approximately 534,000 residents. Its government seat is Greenville, SC. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in Greenville County, in the city of Greenville, in surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and […]
Greenville is a city in northwestern South Carolina, with a population of approximately 72,000 residents. It is the county seat of Greenville County, SC. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been known to occur in the city. For example, in 2012 an Upstate man was arrested for child sex trafficking in Greenville. The sex trafficker’s arrest […]
Greensboro is a city in northern North Carolina with a population of just under 300,000. Among the many documented problems associated with prostitution in the city has been the activity of two different serial murderers who specifically targeted local prostituted women in the 1990s. One sex trafficking incident of concern to the community involved the […]
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