Lanham is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Prince George’s County, Maryland, in the greater D.C. metropolitan area. The community has about 11,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented throughout Prince George’s County, including in the town of Lanham. For example, in 2019 a Lanham resident admitted to selling drugs […]
Pickaway County, Ohio has a population of approximately 59,000 residents, and is a part of the Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat is Circleville. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county and surrounding areas. Among the more serious issues associated with the county’s commercial sex market is child sex […]
Lancaster is a city in south central Ohio, located in Fairfield County near the Hocking River, about 33 miles southeast of Columbus and 38 miles southwest of Zanesville. It is the government seat of Fairfield County and has a population of approximately 41,000 residents. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city […]
Frederick County is located in the northern region of Maryland, and is included within the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat is the city of Frederick, and the county’s population is roughly 260,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented within the county for decades. Prostitution activity generates numerous complaints to police, […]
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania has a population of roughly 278,000. Its county seat and the largest city is Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s state capital and ninth largest city. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented within the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and […]
Pecos is the largest city in – and the county seat of – Reeves County, Texas. It is in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas, located just south of New Mexico’s border, and has a population of roughly 13,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented problems in Pecos and surrounding areas for years. […]
Fairfield County is a central Ohio county of approximately 161,000 residents. Its county seat is the city of Lancaster, and it is a part of the Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated […]
Reynoldsburg is a city in central Ohio of approximately 38,000 residents located within Fairfield County, Franklin County, and Licking County. It is a suburban community in the Columbus metropolitan area. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated residential reports […]
Rockville is a city of about 67,000 residents located in Montgomery County, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented problems in the city, and throughout the county, for many years. For example, in January, 2012, the operators of four Rockville massage parlors were arrested and faced human-trafficking and prostitution-related charges. […]
Pickerington is a city in central Ohio of approximately 24,000 residents, located within Franklin and Fairfield Counties. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. Among the more serious issues associated with the city’s commercial sex market are the commercial sexual exploitation of children and child sex trafficking. […]
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