Harker Heights is a city in Bell County, TX, located between Austin, TX and Waco, TX, with a population of approximately 34,000 residents. Due to its location along Interstate 35, an interstate well known for issues related to the commercial sex market, instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented in the city […]
Stateline is a census-designated place on the southeastern shore of Lake Tahoe in Douglas County, NV, and has a population of approximately 930 residents. Prostitution in the state of Nevada is legal in counties with populations under 700,000 residents and is illegal in counties with populations over 700,000 residents. In the State’s larger cities such […]
Douglas County is a county in the Northwest part of Nevada and has a population of roughly 48,000 residents. The county seat is Minden. Prostitution in the state of Nevada is legal in counties with populations under 700,000 residents and is illegal in counties with populations over 700,000 counties. In the State’s larger cities such […]
Katy is a city in Texas that lies just west of Houston, TX and has a population of approximately 24,000 residents. It is the tripoint of Harris County, Fort Bend County, and Waller County. Katy is located on the outskirts of Houston, Texas, a city the largely documents instances of prostitution and sex trafficking. For […]
Scioto County has a population of roughly 75,000 and is situated along the northern banks of the Ohio River, about 30 miles northwest of Ashland, Kentucky. Its population center and government seat is Portsmouth. Commercial sex, including the sex trafficking of minors, has been reported within the county since the 1870s. A wide range of […]
East Palestine is a village in eastern Columbiana County, Ohio. Its population is roughly 4,700, and it is located on the state’s border with Pennsylvania, about 20 miles south of Youngstown and 50 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented locally and throughout the region. For example, in December 2016, a […]
Anderson County is located in the northeastern region of Tennessee, and has a population of approximately 78,000. The government seat is the city of Clinton, and other substantial cities and towns in the county include Oak Ridge and Oliver Springs. Anderson County is included in the Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Oliver Springs drew media attention in […]
Monroe County located on the south eastern border of Tennessee, and has a population of about 47,000. Its county seat is Madisonville. Problems associated with prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented within the county. Among the tactics used to address these problems are those focusing on combating consumer-level demand. For example, in May, […]
Tyler is a city of approximately 107,000 residents located in Smith County, in eastern Texas. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in the city and greater county areas. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious […]
Kingston is a city of roughly 13,000 residents located in Luzerne County in central Pennsylvania. The region has a well-documented history of sex trafficking and prostitution activity. To address such problems, tactics have been employed that focus on the consumer demand side of the local prostitution market. Sting operations have been conducted in the city […]
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