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Ashland, a small city of about 21,000 residents, is located in Jackson County along the Interstate 5 corridor in Southwestern Oregon. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city. Among the more serious crimes associated with the area’s commercial sex market is child sexual exploitation. Local law enforcement agencies have targeted consumer-level demand […]
Asheville is a city of roughly 94,000 residents in western North Carolina, in Buncombe County. Local prostitution generates numerous complaints to police and is linked to a number of other serious crimes, including child endangerment, assault, and homicide. Street-level and web-based reverse stings have occurred in Asheville since at least 2004, according to police surveyed […]
Arvada is a city of 123,000 residents in Northern Colorado and is a suburb of Denver, CO. The city lies in both Jefferson County, CO and Adam County, CO. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city for over decades. This activity and its ancillary crimes have resulted in complaints to local law […]
Arlington is a city within the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex (DFW) in the state of Texas. It is located within Tarrant County and has an estimated population of about 393,000 residents. 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 […]
Antioch is a city of approximately 115,000 residents, located in the San Francisco Bay area near Stockton, California. It is the second largest city in Contra Costa County. The city has well-known prostitution and sex trafficking problems, particularly in hotels and motels, which generate complaints to police. Local law enforcement agencies have participated in the […]
Appleton is a city of approximately 75,000 residents, located 100 miles north of Milwaukee in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. Prostitution and child sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law enforcement agencies as […]
Anne Arundel County is a county of approximately 590,000 residents, located south of Baltimore in Maryland. Its county seat, also the capital of the state, is Annapolis. Situated along Route 295, it contains a cluster of towns and unincorporated areas that are known for prevalent street- and hotel-based prostitution and sex trafficking (e.g, Laurel, Jessup, […]
Annapolis is a city of almost 40,000 residents located along the Chesapeake Bay, just south of Baltimore. It is the capital of Maryland and county seat of Anne Arundel County. It is home to the U.S. Naval Academy. Prostitution and child sex trafficking have been well documented problems in the city for at least five decades. […]
Anchorage is a unified municipal consolidated city-borough and Alaska’s largest city, with a population of approximately 294,000. It is located in the south-central part of the state, well below the Arctic Circle. Anchorage residents comprise more than a third of the state’s population. Anchorage has a long history of widespread prostitution. Prostitution and its harms […]
Anaheim is a city of about 345,000 residents situated south of Los Angeles, CA, in Orange County, CA. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-known problems in Anaheim and in surrounding communities. The city has developed a reputation as a city with a large commercial sex market, and has been identified by police and social services […]
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