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Casper is a city in Central Wyoming with a population of about 59,000 residents. It is the county seat of Natrona County, WY. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by police as a persistent presence in the city, and has led to tips and complaints from residents. Among the more serious issues associated with […]
Canton is a city of 70,000 in eastern Ohio’s Stark County. Prostitution and sex trafficking of both adults and minors have posed problems in the city for several decades. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes […]
Cambridge is a suburb of Boston, with a population of about 110,000. Prostitution, particularly that conducted indoors and facilitated through websites, is well documented in the city. Among the resulting problems are cases in which young children have been brought to commercial sex transactions. For example, in January 2014, the driver of the car that […]
Burnsville is a city of approximately 64,000 residents, located just south of Minneapolis in Dakota County, Minnesota. To reduce prostitution activity in the city, the Burnsville Police Department has conducted web-based and street-level reverse stings since 2007. Reverse stings have been conducted 3-4 times per year, according to BPD representatives interviewed for the National Assessment […]
Burlington is a city of approximately 151,000 residents located in central North Carolina, in Alamance County. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law enforcement agencies as a strategy for prevention and […]
Burlington is a town of approximately 25,000 residents, located in the northern suburbs of Boston near Woburn in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and throughout the county. Town officials and local law enforcement agencies have reported cases of prostitution, sex trafficking, and prostitution-related robberies and homicides […]
Buena Park is a city of approximately 83,000 residents, located near Anaheim, Santa Ana, Cypress, and Fullerton in northwest Orange County, California. Like its neighbors, the city has reported problems related to street prostitution. To address the issue, the Buena Park Police Department began conducting street-level reverse stings in the early to mid-1990s. In July 2012 and October, […]
Bryan is a city in southeastern Texas located in Brazos County and has a population of approximately 87,000 residents. Bryan and its sister city, College Station, known as the Bryan-College Station (BCS) area, are home to the state’s largest university, Texas A&M University. Due to the city’s location, prostitution and sex trafficking are pervasive issues […]
Brownsville is a city of about 182,300 residents located at the southernmost tip of Texas’ Cameron County, near Harlingen and McAllen and directly across the border from Matamoros, Mexico. Prostitution and sex trafficking have posed persistent and visible problems in the community for at least two decades, and have generated complaints to police. Among the […]
Broward County has a population of about 2,000,000 residents and is located on the southeastern coast of Florida. Its county seat and largest city is Fort Lauderdale. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent and well-documented problems in the county for decades. Prostitution-related homicides have also occurred in the county. Among the ways in which […]
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