Meridian city is the county seat of Lauderdale County, Mississippi; its population is approximately 37,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. For example, in October 2017, a weekend drug investigation by the East Mississippi Drug Task Force resulted in a pair of women arrested for prostitution at a hotel in […]
Kirksville is a city in and the county seat of Adair County, Missouri. Its population is approximately 17,500, and it is located in the sparsely populated northeastern corner of the state. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and has generated complaints to law enforcement agencies. A search of prostitution related websites in October, […]
Fayetteville is a city of about 87,000 residents located in northwest Arkansas. Fayetteville is the third-largest city in the state and serves as the government seat of Washington County. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities. For example, in 2013, the Fayetteville Police Department arrested five people in a prostitution sting—four […]
Pittsylvania County, Virginia, has a population of roughly 60,000, and its government seat is the city of Chatham. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in other areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates, result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents […]
Ocean County is a county located along the Jersey Shore in the south-central portion of New Jersey, along the Atlantic Ocean. Its county seat is Toms River. Ocean County has a population of approximately 602,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented throughout the communities and unincorporated areas of the county, and generate numerous associated crimes, such […]
New Smyrna Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, located on the central Atlantic coast of the state. It is considered part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach metropolitan area, and has a population of roughly 27,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and nearby communities, and throughout the county. This activity and the […]
New Rochelle is a city in Westchester County, in the southeastern portion of New York. It is located near Manhattan, close to Scarsdale and the Bronx. Other noteworthy communities near New Rochelle include Elmsford, Peekskill, Rye, Rye Brook, White Plains, and Yonkers. In 2020, the city had a population of approximately 80,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been […]
Carroll County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was approximately 173,000. Its county seat is Westminster. 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 […]
Bethesda is an unincorporated, census-designated place of about 65,000 residents in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, located just northwest of Washington, D.C. Prostitution has been documented in the area, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and demand reduction tactics used in the city. […]
San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, CA, on the San Francisco Peninsula. It is about 20 miles south of San Francisco, and has a population of approximately 104,000 residents. Prostitution has historically been an issue in the county with initial reports dating back to the era of the gold rush. Prostitution and […]
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