Riley County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas and has a population of approximately 75,000 residents. Its largest city and county seat is Manhattan, KS. Riley County is home to two of Kansas’s largest employers: Fort Riley and Kansas State University. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been reported in the […]
Marquette County is a county of approximately 66,000 residents, located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan along the shore of Lake Superior. Its county seat is Marquette. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county, including instances of drugs being traded for sex. There has also been an incident in which a sex […]
Geary County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas with approximately 37,000 residents. Its county seat and most populous city is Junction City, KS. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and its ancillary crimes has generated complaints to local law […]
Burton is a city of just under 30,000 residents in southeastern Michigan. Located in Genesee County, it is a suburb directly east of Flint. Prostitution and sex trafficking, including child sex trafficking, have been documented in the city, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. For example, in 2013 three people were arrested for sex trafficking […]
Bourbon County is a county located in Southeast Kansas with a population of approximately 20,000 residents. Its largest city and county seat is Fort Scott, KS. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in the county. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated reports to local law enforcement by residents and businesses. Among […]
Ripley is a town in southeastern Payne County, Oklahoma. Its population was 269 at the 2020 census, and has declined substantially since 2000, when there were 444 residents. It is located about midway between Tulsa and Oklahoma City, in North-Central Oklahoma. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in incorporated and unincorporated areas of […]
St. Louis Park is a city of about 50,000 residents in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and is a suburb immediately west of Minneapolis. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city, including local involvement in an international sex trafficking ring that was discovered in 2017. A victim in that case said they were frequently […]
Payne County is located in north-central Oklahoma and has population of approximately 82,000 residents. It is located along the Interstate 35 corridor and is about equidistant from Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Its largest city and county seat is Stillwater, OK. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in incorporated and unincorporated areas of the […]
Redwood Falls is a city of about 5,000 residents and is the county seat of Redwood County, located in southwestern Minnesota along the Redwood River near its confluence with the Minnesota River. Prostitution and sex trafficking have not been well-documented within the city, but it has occurred in the greater county area. There has been […]
Oakdale is a city of about 28,000 residents, located just northeast of St. Paul in Washington County, Minnesota. Sex trafficking has been well-documented in the city. For example, in 2011, an Oakdale woman who was a substitute teacher for a special-education school in North St. Paul was arrested and charged with soliciting an individual to […]
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