Woodstock is a city of approximately 26,000 residents in Northeastern Illinois. It is the government seat of McHenry County, IL, and is located about 50 miles northwest of Chicago. Prostitution and sex trafficking (and associated violence) are well-documented problems in the region, generating residential complaints to local law enforcement. For example, on May 18, 2011, […]
Salida is a city of about 15,000 residents, located in the Central Valley area of California, in Stanislaus County. Prostitution has been a substantial problem in the area for decades, with recent activities concentrated in the cities of Modesto, Turlock, and surrounding towns, including Salida. Child sex trafficking is also well documented within the county. […]
Eden Prairie is a city of approximately 65,000 residents in Minnesota, located about 10 miles southwest of downtown Minneapolis in Hennepin County, MN. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Hennepin County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to […]
Clackamas County has approximately 415,000 residents and is located in Northwestern Oregon. Its county seat is Oregon City and its largest communities are Oregon City and Lake Oswego. It also contains Canby, Wilsonville, Gresham, and a small portion of Portland. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been known to occur in the area for decades. […]
Rockdale County, Georgia, is located about 25 miles east of Atlanta; its county seat is the city of Conyers. Rockdale has a population of approximately 94,000. A number of problems associated with local prostitution have been documented, including a case of child endangerment involving young children, rape, robbery, kidnapping, assault, and human trafficking charges have […]
Yellowstone County is a county of approximately 167,000 residents in the U.S. state of Montana. The county seat and largest city is Billings, MT, which is also the largest city in the state. Partially due to the state’s large number of truck stops, prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent and visible problems for decades, […]
The city of Napa is the largest municipality in Napa County, with a population of about 79,000. It is located north of San Pablo Bay in northern California. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city of Napa and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Napa County. This activity and the […]
Dawson County has approximately 9,000 residents and is located along Montana’s eastern border with North Dakota. Its largest city and county seat is Glendive, MT. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in the county for decades. This activity and its ancillary crimes has resulted in complaints to local law enforcement from residents and […]
Clark County is the most populous county in Nevada, with approximately 2.2 million residents. The largest share of the county’s population lives within the city of Las Vegas (population of approximately 600,000), but the county also includes cities such as Henderson (population of over 300,000), in addition to unincorporated areas. The county has been identified […]
Bucks County has a population of approximately 646,000, is located in southeastern Pennsylvania, and contains the communities of Bensalem Township and Quakertown. Prostitution and child sex trafficking are well-documented problems within the county, with activity frequently concentrated in and around the township’s many hotels and motels along the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Since 2012, local law enforcement […]
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