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Northborough is a city of about 15,000 residents in central Massachusetts, near Worcester. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the city appear to be concentrated in hotels. For example, in 2015 a 28-year-old woman and her 32-year-old sister were arrested on prostitution charges after police said they agreed to have sex with an undercover police officer […]
Clarksville is a city of approximately 171,000 residents, located along the Kentucky border in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Prostitution is a persistent and visible problem in some pockets of the city, particularly along New Providence Boulevard. At least two cases of domestic minor sex trafficking have been reported in the city and surrounding area. Although it remains […]
Hanover Township is a township of approximately 11,000 residents, located near Bethlehem in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Though a fairly small community, residents and local law enforcement have reported an increase in prostitution activity since roughly 2010. Notably, the Colonial Regional Police Department received complaints about prostitution occurring in at least seven hotels in the township […]
Goleta is a city of about 33,000 residents, located in southern Santa Barbara County, California. Prostitution is a well-documented problem in the city, particularly indoors in storefronts (such as massage parlors) that serve as brothels. In one brothel investigation in 2013, an assault rifle was found in a massage parlor in which women were selling sex. […]
Alliance is a city of about 22,000 residents, located near Akron in northeastern Ohio, in eastern Stark County. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the city, and throughout the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes […]
Franklin is a city of approximately 85,000 residents, located along Route 65 in the southern suburbs of Nashville, Tennessee. It serves as the county seat of Williamson County. In an effort to reduce prostitution activity in the city, the Franklin Police Department has conducted at least four reverse stings. In September 2012, for example, FPD officers […]
St. Cloud is a small city of approximately 59,000 residents in the greater Orlando area near Kissimmee, Florida. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city, 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 and […]
Grand Chute is a city of about 23,000 residents near Appleton, WI in Outagamie County, WI. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities. Drugs, violence against individuals engaging in commercial sex, and child sex trafficking are often reported to occur as a result of the area’s commercial sex market. […]
Sioux Falls is a city of approximately 181,000 residents located at the crossroads of two major interstate highways (I-90 and I-29) in Southeastern South Dakota. It is the most populous city in the state and is the county seat of Minnehaha County. Documented cases of sex trafficking and prostitution have occurred in the city, some […]
La Crosse is a city of approximately 52,000 residents in western Wisconsin, near the Minnesota border and about midway between Madison, Wisconsin and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prostitution has been a documented problem in this city since the mid 1800s. For example, between 1951 and 1956, there was a federal campaign against organized interstate prostitution – much of […]
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