Hutchinson is a city of about 40,000 residents that serves as the county seat of Reno County, Kansas. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Reno County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement […]
Pismo Beach is a city of approximately 8,000 residents, located in southern San Luis Obispo County, California. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and […]
Perkins is a city in north-central Oklahoma of about 3,300 residents, situated along the Interstate 35 corridor and about equidistant from Oklahoma City and Tulsa, located in southern Payne County, OK. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in the town and throughout the greater county area. This activity and its ancillary crimes have […]
Yuma County is located in the southwest corner of Arizona, and has a population of over 206,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity in the county and surrounding areas have been well-documented for decades. This activity and its ancillary crimes have resulted in complaints to local law enforcement from residents and businesses. For example, in 2010, […]
Opelika is a city of about 32,000 residents that serves as the county seat of Lee County, AL. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area, and is located in the eastern part of the state. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Lee […]
Alabaster is a southern suburb of Birmingham, AL, in Shelby County, AL. Its population is roughly 33,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in Alabaster, and in surrounding communities and unincorporated areas of Shelby and neighboring counties. For example, in a 2015 report, local police said the crime is happening everywhere, in every community and every […]
Hendry County is located inland of Fort Meyers in southwestern Florida and has a population of about 39,000. Its county seat is LaBelle, and Hendry County comprises the Clewiston Micropolitan Statistical Area. Clewiston is a town of approximately 7,300 residents near Lake Okeechobee. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated […]
Pike County, Pennsylvania has about 60,000 residents and is included in the New York–Newark–Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of Pike County, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious […]
Saint Charles is a city in, and the county seat of, St. Charles County, Missouri. The population is about 70,000, making St. Charles the ninth-largest city in Missouri. It is located along the Missouri River, and is a northwestern suburb of St. Louis. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity in St. Charles County have been well-documented […]
Durham County, North Carolina had a population of approximately 327,000, making it the sixth-most populous county in the state. It has well-documented problems with sex trafficking and prostitution, including cases of organized child sex trafficking and multi-state prostitution rings based out of the city of Durham (the county seat). The main tactics used to combat […]
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