Lee’s Summit is a city located within both Jackson and Cass Counties. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and has a population or approximately was 100,000. Sex Trafficking and prostitution are prevalent and well-documented problems throughout the region, including in Lee’s Summit. For example, in May, 2014, a Kansas City, MO man and a […]
Kingman is a city along Route 66, in northwestern Arizona, that serves as the county seat of Mohave County. Its population is approximately 33,000. 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 results in complaints […]
Gibson City is within Ford County, Illinois, and has a population of approximately 3,500. It is located about 35 miles east of Bloomington, and about 30 miles north of Champaign. Prostitution activity has been documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to […]
Palatine is a village in Cook County, Illinois, with a population of approximately 68,000. It is a northwestern residential suburb of Chicago. The county has experienced a wide range of problems associated with commercial sex, including child sex trafficking and homicides of both those being sold for sexual access and those who purchase them. Within […]
Burkburnett is a city in Wichita County, Texas, with a population of approximately 11,000. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas metropolitan statistical area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented throughout Wichita County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Among the […]
Marinette County is located in Northeastern Wisconsin and has a population of approximately 42,000. Its county seat is the city of Marinette. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial […]
Beaufort is located on the south-east coast of South Carolina, and has a population of approximately 13,000 residents. It is located in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city serves as the county seat of Beaufort County. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented within the county. This activity and the problems […]
Pike County is a county located on the southwestern border of Mississippi, and has a population of approximately 40,000. The county seat is the city of Magnolia. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Among the more serious crimes […]
North Wildwood, New Jersey is located on the Jersey Shore in Cape May County, and is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population is approximately 3,800. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Among […]
Hancock County, Ohio has a population of approximately 67,000 and located in the northwestern region of the state. Its county seat is the city of Findlay, and other noteworthy communities include Bluffton. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies […]
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