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Midvale is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah. It is part of the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Statistical Area, with approximately 36,000 residents. Prostitution has been documented in the city, as have cases of the commercial sexual exploitation of minors and the targeted assaults on women engaged in prostitution. Consumer level demand provides the […]
Midland is a city of approximately 131,000 residents, located in the Southern Plains of western Texas in Midland County. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in the city, and have generated complaints from the community and investigations by police. For example, in a November 2013 case, two Houston residents pleaded guilty to child […]
Miami-Dade County is located in the southeastern part of Florida and is the state’s most populous county with a population of about 2.7 million. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported as serious problems in the county for decades. In addition to city-level efforts to combat prostitution in the communities of Coral Gables, Homestead, Miami, Miami Beach, […]
Miami Beach is a coastal resort city of approximately 83,000 residents, situated just east of Miami, FL, in Miami-Dade County, FL. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent problems in the area for decades. MBPD officers have also uncovered numerous domestic minor sex trafficking cases in the city. In January 2014, for example, four adults […]
Miami and its surrounding metropolitan area comprise the most populous metropolis in the southeastern United States in Miami-Dade County, FL. The county has a population close to 440,000 residents in the city proper and over 2.5 million in the greater metro area. As a major international trade port and tourist destination, the city has struggled […]
Methuen is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts, and has a population of roughly 53,000. As in the neighboring community of Lawrence, the Methuen Police Department has reported links between prostitution (a misdemeanor) and a wide range of felonies. In the early 1990s, Methuen and Lawrence residents in the Arlington area– a neighborhood straddling both […]
Mesa is a city of approximately 510,000 residents, located 20 miles east of Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona. Among the problems associated with local prostitution have been the serial killing and serial rapes targeting trafficked girls and women involved in prostitution. For example, in 2011 a man was found guilty of raping two women offering […]
Merriam is a suburb of Kansas City with a population of roughly 11,000, situated in Johnson County. In an effort to reduce the demand for prostitution, law enforcement agencies have conducted at least one reverse sting in the community. In December 2010, media outlets reported the arrests of 29 sex buyers in the cities of Merriam, De […]
Merced is a city of approximately 86,000 residents, located roughly midway between Fresno and Stockton in Merced County, California. Prostitution and child sex trafficking have been well-documented problems in the city for many years. Some local prostitution is known to have been gang-related, in the form of prostitution rings meant to generate income for gangs. […]
Memphis is the largest city in Tennessee, with approximately 628,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by local and national law enforcement agencies as persistent and serious problems in the city. High-profile sex trafficking arrests in Memphis have drawn drawn national attention. While some cases have involved the trafficking of adult women, the […]
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