Marathon County is a county located in Wisconsin, the population is approximately 138,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the county. This activity, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is […]
Orland Hills is a village in Cook County, Illinois with a population of about 7,000. Like in most communities, prostitution activity is known to occur in Orland Hills, generating associated crimes and community disorder, as well as complaints to law enforcement agencies. Among the tactics used to address these problems in Orland Hills are those […]
Oconto County, Wisconsin has a population of approximately 39,000, and abuts the Green Bay area of Lake Michigan. Its county seat is Oconto, and it is part of the Green Bay, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law […]
Oak Forest is a suburban city of about 27,000 residents about 25 miles southwest of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. Prostitution activity in the city has been documented for decades. Among the tactics used to address the problems associated with commercial sex are those that focus on reducing consumer-level demand. For example, in August 2000, […]
Pennington County is the second-most populous county in South Dakota, with a population of approximately 113,000 residents. Its county seat and largest city is Rapid City, SD. The county is located near the eastern slope of the Black Hills mountain range, and accommodates most of the tourist flow to Mt. Rushmore. Prostitution and sex trafficking […]
Burleigh County is a county of approximately 96,000 residents in North Dakota. It contains the state’s capitol city, Bismarck. The county has a history of problems associated with prostitution, and more recently has documented cases of sex trafficking. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is the sex trafficking of […]
Washington County is located in southwest Utah. St. George is the county seat and largest city, with approximately 191,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking (include child sex trafficking) are problems known to occur in the county. To reduce local commercial sex activity, county and municipal agencies collaborate to conduct occasional reverse stings, both at street-level […]
Muscogee County, Georgia is situated along the Alabama border, and has a population of approximately 200,000. Fort Benning, a major military base with roughly 120,000 residents, lies within the county. The city of Columbus serves as the county seat. Prostitution and sex trafficking cases in the county date back to the 1940s, if not earlier, […]
Big Spring is the county seat of Howard County, Texas, and has a population of about 26,000 residents. Prostitution activity in the area has a long, well-documented history. Prostitution became common on the Texas frontier after the Civil War, thriving at army forts, in cow towns and railroad towns, and other settlements. From the late […]
Weber County, Utah is the state’s fourth-most populous county, most living in the city of Ogden, the home of Weber State University. Police have investigated child sex trafficking rings operating within the county (e.g., in Ogden, Riverdale, West Haven), local prostitution involving adults has been widespread, and there have been cases of homicides of prostituted women. […]
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