Aberdeen is a village of about 1,500 residents within Huntington Township in Brown County, located along the Ohio River approximately 50 miles southeast of Cincinnati. The village has had multiple cases of both prostitution and domestic minor sex trafficking. Police responses to these problems have been driven in part by complaints from residents. The Aberdeen […]
Tempe is a city of approximately 190,000 residents, situated between Phoenix and Mesa in Maricopa County, Arizona. Like its neighbors, the city has experienced widespread and persistent problems with prostitution and sex trafficking (particularly of minors). Between 2012 and early 2013, police had shut down 24 businesses for violating prostitution ordinances, most of which were massage […]
Conyers is a city of approximately 16,000 residents, located 25 miles east of Atlanta in Rockland County, Georgia. Numerous problems associated with local prostitution have been documented in Conyers for decades, including a case of child endangerment involving a 4-year-old child left in a car while prostitution was occurring inside the vehicle. Police have reported […]
Yakima is a city of close to 100,000 residents in Central Washington, and is the county seat of Yakima County, WA. Prostitution has been described by residents and businesses as a substantial local problem for decades, and more recently sex trafficking has been uncovered in several investigations. The city has also documented several cases of […]
Woodbury is a city of approximately 71,000 residents, located in the eastern suburbs of St. Paul in Washington County, Minnesota. 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 results in complaints to law enforcement agencies […]
Wichita is the largest city in Kansas, with a population of approximately 390,000 residents. Situated in Sedgwick County at the junction of Interstate 35 and U.S. Route 54, the city has struggled since at least the late 1970s with numerous problems associated with commercial sex occurring along major roadways. The south and north corridors of […]
West Palm Beach is a city of approximately 117,000 residents, located in Palm Beach County in southeastern Florida. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent local problems for decades and a wide range of crimes associated with the local sex trade have been well documented. For example, sex buyers have been set up by prostituted […]
Waynesville is a city in North Carolina of approximately 10,000 residents located between the Great Smokey and Blue Ridge mountains, about 20 miles west of Asheville. It is the county seat and largest city in Haywood County, and it is the largest city in North Carolina west of Asheville. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented […]
Washington, DC is the capital city and federal district of the United States. It is located on the east bank of the Potomac River and shares a border with Virginia and Maryland. It has a population of approximately 713,000 residents and is one of the most visited cities in the U.S. Like most large cities, […]
Waco is a city of about 138,000 residents in McLennan County in central Texas, located along an interstate highway (Rt. 35) that links the Dallas/Fort Worth area with Austin, and is home to Baylor University. The city has long recognized that substantial prostitution activity occurs locally, and generates a wide range of other crimes and […]
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