Garfield County is a county with a population of about 62,000 residents in the state of Colorado. Its county seat is Glenwood Springs. The westernmost border of the county aligns with Utah and the area is known for an assortment of parks and national forests. To the north of Garfield is Rio Blanco County, and […]
Jacksonville is a city of about 13,000 residents located in Calhoun County, Alabama. It is included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the area for decades, and one of the ways in which local law enforcement has attacked the problem is to target consumer level demand for […]
Calhoun County is a county in the east central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was just over 116,000. Its county seat is Anniston (a city of about 21,000 residents), located at roughly the midpoint between Atlanta and Birmingham, along the Interstate 20 corridor. Community complaints play a role […]
Solano County is located in Northern California, roughly midway between San Francisco and Sacramento. The county is home to the Travis Air Force Base, and includes the cities of Vallejo, Vacaville, Fairfield, Roseville, and Rockville. These communities and other areas of the county have reported problems with both street- and web-based prostitution, and associated sex […]
Rockville is a small unincorporated community of about 130 residents located in northern-central Solano County, California, southwest of Fairfield. Sex trafficking and prostitution have been prevalent problems for decades throughout Solano County, including the Rockville area as well as Vacaville and Vallejo. In January 2022, Sacramento police announced that they had made 55 arrests during […]
Columbiana County, Ohio has a population of approximately 101,000 and its government seat is the city of Lisbon. It is located on the state’s border with Pennsylvania, about 20 miles south of Youngstown and 40 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. Other cities within the county include East Palestine, Salem, and Hanoverton. Prostitution and sex trafficking, and […]
Hilo is a city on the Island of Hawaii, commonly called the Big Island, in Hawaii County. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city of Hilo and on other Hawaiian islands. For example, in May 2017, a 42-year-old student at the University of Hawaii-Hilo was caught by police with dozens of images […]
Collier County is located in southwest Florida and has a population of roughly 376,000. Its county seat is East Naples, and also contains the cities of Naples and Golden Gate. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in the cities and unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes […]
San Bruno is a city in San Mateo County, CA, and has a population of approximately 43,000 residents. 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 to local law enforcement. Among the more serious crimes associated with the […]
Crystal Lake is a city in northeastern Illinois, located in McHenry County, and has a population of approximately 40,000 residents. Named after a lake 1.6 miles southwest of the city’s downtown, Crystal Lake is 45 miles northwest of Chicago, IL. Due to the city’s close proximity to Chicago, instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have […]
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