Allentown is Pennsylvania’s third most populous city, with about 120,000 residents. It is the county seat of Lehigh County, located along the Lehigh River, in eastern Pennsylvania. It is an older industrial city with a history of substantial prostitution activity. In the 1970s and 1980s, the city was identified by police to be on a […]
Aliquippa is a small community of approximately 10,000 residents, located in the northwest suburbs of Pittsburgh in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Among the problems associated with prostitution in the city was the murder of a prostituted woman in 1994, and the murder of a sex buyer in 1995. To curtail prostitution activity along Franklin Avenue, the […]
Alexandria is a city of approximately 150,000 residents, located just south of Washington in Virginia. The presence of prostitution and sex trafficking in the city has been extensively documented, and local residents have reported suspected commercial sex and trafficking to local law enforcement. A wide range of problems driven by the commercial sex market have […]
Alexandria is a city of approximately 48,000 residents, located midway between Baton Rouge and Shreveport in central Louisiana. To curtail commercial sex sales in the area, the Alexandria Police Department (APD) conducted a handful of successful street-level reverse stings between 2007 and 2009. One such operation, dubbed “John-John Sweep”, resulted in the arrest of 31 […]
Albuquerque is New Mexico’s largest city, with an estimated population of about 563,000 residents. It is located in the high desert of north-central New Mexico, along the Rio-Grande, and serves as the county seat of Bernalillo County. The city and greater county area have well-documented problems with prostitution and sex trafficking, including child sex trafficking […]
Albany is a city of approximately 98,000 residents; it is the seat of Albany County and the capital of New York. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints […]
Albany is a city of approximately 73,000 residents, located in Dougherty County in southwestern Georgia. According to reports from local law enforcement, the city has struggled with persistent prostitution activity linked to illegal drug sales. There has also been documented sex trafficking activity in the area. To address these issues, the Albany Police Department has […]
Alachua County is a county of approximately 270,000 residents, located in north central Florida. Gainesville is the county’s seat and largest city. The city of Newberry, just outside Gainesville, has also done work to address demand. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in Gainesville and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Alachua […]
Akron is a city of approximately 190,000 residents, located south of Cleveland in Summit County, Ohio. Situated at the crossroads of Interstate 76 and 77, the city has struggled with chronic prostitution and sex trafficking activity along major roadways for decades. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in throughout both […]
Adams County is a county of approximately 500,000 residents, located east of Denver in Colorado. The county includes the cities of Aurora and Brighton, which contain part of the major “strip” or “track” for street prostitution (Colfax), and has had cases of documented child sex trafficking and homicide of prostituted people. Other cities in Adams County […]
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