McCracken County is located in the far western portion of Kentucky, with a population of approximately 68,000. The county seat is Paducah. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in McCracken County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates produce complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents within the county. For […]
Etowah County is located in northeastern Alabama. It has a population of about 103,000 residents and its county seat is Gadsden, AL. Street-level prostitution and indoor prostitution rings facilitated by internet advertising have occurred throughout the county. Sex trafficking has also been well documented within the county. For example, in 2021 a five-month investigation led […]
Beaverton, located Washington County and part of the Portland metropolitan area, is a city in Oregon of approximately 99,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been known to occur in the area. Among the more serious crimes associated with prostitution are child sex trafficking and the related production and dissemination of child sexual abuse materials. […]
Lake Oswego is a city of about 41,000 residents located in Northwestern Oregon, primarily in Clackamas County, OR, but with small portions extending into neighboring Multnomah County, OR and Washington County, OR. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been known to occur in the area for decades, and residents and business owners frequently complain to police […]
Washington County is a county in Northwestern Oregon, of approximately 601,000 residents, located directly west of Portland, OR, and abuts Multnomah County, OR. The county seat and largest city is Hillsboro, and its other larger cities include Beaverton, Lake Oswego, and Tigard. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been known to occur in the area for […]
Caddo Parish is located in northwest Louisiana, on the west side of the Red River, across the river from Bossier City. It has a population of about 243,000 people, most of which (218,000) reside in Shreveport, the third-largest city in Louisiana, and the county seat. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems throughout the county. […]
Yuma is a city located in the Southwestern Arizona and has a population of approximately 97,000 residents. It is the county seat of Yuma County, AZ. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and its ancillary crimes have resulted in complaints to local law enforcement […]
St. Louis County is located in the far eastern portion of Missouri. It is bounded by the city of St. Louis and the Mississippi River to the east, the Missouri River to the north, and the Meramec River to the south. The population is approximately 1 million. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity in the County […]
Wells Branch is a census-designated place in Travis County, Texas. The population was estimated to be 12,50 in 2019. To combat prostitution and related crimes in the fall of 2017, the Travis County Sheriff’s Office focused on the unincorporated areas of Wells Branch with operations targeting credit card skimmers, illicit businesses, and prostitution. The initiative […]
Mercer County is located on the southwestern border of West Virginia. The population is approximately 60,000, its county seat is Princeton (population approximately 6,000), and its larger towns include Bluefield (11,000) and Beckley (20,000). Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been documented in these cities and throughout other smaller towns and unincorporated areas within the […]
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