Madera County is located in the geographic center of California, east of San Jose and just north of Fresno. The population is approximately 160,000, and the county seat is the city of Madera. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems […]
Passaic County, New Jersey is located just west of New York City and includes the cities of Passaic, Paterson and Clifton. The county has a population of about 500,000. Local residents and law enforcement officials have reported problems with prostitution in the cities and unincorporated areas of the county, both at street level and in […]
Monmouth County is the northernmost county within New Jersey, and has a population of approximately 645,000. It is located across the harbor south of lower Manhattan (NYC) and near New Brunswick and Middletown, NJ. Cases of prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the cities (such as Hazlet, Asbury Park, Wall Township) unincorporated areas […]
Lyon County is located in the northwestern portion of Iowa, and its population is roughly 12,000. It abuts the South Dakota Border, and is part of the Sioux Falls metropolitan area. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the region, including in Lyon County. For example, local history includes an “uprising of Rock Rapids […]
Lyon County is located in southwest Minnesota, and prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the county. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and […]
Seffner is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida. It is part of the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the town has a population of about 8,300. Hillsborough County is a county of more than 1.3 million residents, and is located on the west coast of Florida. Prostitution and child sex […]
Ruskin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida. It is part of the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area and has a population of approximately 28,000. Hillsborough County is a county of more than 1.3 million residents and is located on the west coast of Florida. Prostitution and child sex trafficking have […]
Gibsonton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida. It is part of the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the town has a population of about 18,500. Hillsborough County has more than 1.3 million residents and is located on the west coast of Florida. Prostitution and child sex trafficking have been […]
Brandon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida. It is part of the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town has a population of approximately 116,000. Hillsborough County has more than 1.3 million residents and is located on the west coast of Florida. Prostitution and child sex trafficking have been well-documented […]
Oxford County is a located in Northwestern Maine, along the Vermont and Quebec borders. Its population is roughly of 58,000, and the county seat is the town of Paris. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the county, and that activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to […]
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