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Big Rapids is the county seat of Mecosta County, MI and has a population of approximately 9,000 residents. The city is located within Big Rapids Township, but is politically independent. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated residential complaints […]
Kenosha is a city in – and the county seat of – Kenosha County, WI, and has a population of approximately 100,000 residents. It is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas for decades. For example, in 1987, a […]
Logan is a city in Cache County, UT, with a population of approximately 53,000 residents. The city is notorious for its strict laws and zero tolerance for prostitution and related offenses. For example, according to the city’s laws in 1877, prostitution or owning a house of “ill-fame” was punishable with up to a $100 fine […]
Williamsport is a city in, and the county seat of, Lycoming County, PA, and has a population of approximately 29,000 residents. It is the principal city of the Williamsport Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of about 114,000 residents. Due to the city’s location along the Route 15 highway, prostitution and sex trafficking are […]
Lewisburg is a borough in Union County, PA, 30 miles southeast of Williamsport and 60 miles north of Harrisburg, and has a population of roughly 5,700 residents. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and its ancillary crimes, have generated residential complaints to local law […]
Bessemer is a southwestern suburb of Birmingham in Jefferson County, AL, and has a population of roughly 27,000 residents. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is sex trafficking of adults and minors. For example, […]
Camp Verde is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, with a population of about 12,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the communities within Yavapai County county towns and unincorporated areas, including Camp Verde. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by […]
Erwin is a town of about 6,000 residents that serves as the government seat of Unicoi County, Tennessee. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems locally and throughout the region, and to address them, tactics used have included those targeting sex buyers. For example, in June 2021, seven men were arrested and charged in an […]
Lewiston is a city of approximately 33,000 residents in north central Idaho, and is the county seat of Nez Perce County. It is the second-largest city in the northern Idaho region behind Coeur d’Alene, and ninth-largest in the state. Prostitution has been a well-documented problem in the region for decades. Prostitution was legal in Lewiston […]
Cape Coral is a city of approximately 205,000 residents in the Fort Myers metropolitan area in Lee County. Sex trafficking and prostitution have been well-documented problems in the city, and the region, for decades. Local cases have included child sex trafficking, the murder of prostituted women, and the robbery and murder of sex buyers. This […]
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