Toms River is a township of about 92,000 residents in Ocean County, New Jersey. Its mainland portion serves as the government seat of Ocean County. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented in the town. For example, in April 2021, Ocean County authorities announced that a man and woman from Toms River were each charged with […]
Summit County is an urban county in Ohio with approximately 540,000 residents, making it the the fourth-most populous county in Ohio. The county seat and population center is the city of Akron. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of Summit County over the decades, and have generated numerous […]
Black Hawk County is located in northeastern Iowa, north of Cedar Rapids, and with a population of roughly 130,000 is Iowa’s fourth-most populous county. More than half of its population is in the city of Waterloo, which serves as the county’s government seat. Black Hawk County is part of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metropolitan Statistical […]
Lynn is a town within Washington Township in Randolph County, Indiana. It is located in eastern Indiana, near the Ohio border, between Muncie, IN and Dayton, OH. The town’s population is under 1,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented within the county for years, generating complaints and tips to police. Local efforts to […]
Randolph County is located in eastern Indiana on the Ohio border, between Muncie, IN and Dayton, OH. Its population is roughly 24,000 and its county seat is the city of Winchester. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented within the county for years, generating complaints and tips to police. Local efforts to address these problems […]
El Paso County, Colorado has a population of approximately 738,000 residents, and is located south of Denver along Interstate 25. Its population center is the city of Colorado Springs. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented in incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. Additionally, there have been cases of targeted homicide against prostituted people. […]
Webb County, Texas is located along the Mexican border and has a population of approximately 268,000 residents. Its largest city and government seat is Laredo. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent and visible problems within the cities and unincorporated area of the county for decades. Among the serious related crimes have been the serial […]
Gregg County is a county located in eastern Texas and has a population of roughly 124,000. Its county seat is the city of Longview, which has approximately 80,000 residents. Containing the intersection of Interstate 20, Route 80, and Route 259, the county has been a site of widespread prostitution for decades, generating numerous complaints to city […]
Beauregard Parish is located in western Louisiana, near the Texas border. The population is about 37,000. The parish seat is DeRidder. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented in the Parish, and among the efforts to address those crimes are operations seeking to arrest and punish sex buyers. For example, in December 2018, three men […]
Burbank is a city of about 105,000 residents located in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, CA, located just 12 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, CA. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented problems in the city. Among the more serious issues associated with the commercial sex market […]
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