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Albany County is a county in New York with a population of approximately 313,000. It is located south of the Mohawk River and west of the Hudson River. The seat of Albany County is the city of Albany, NY, also the capital of New York State. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in […]
Collin County is a county of approximately 1 million residents located in the northeastern region of Texas. Collin County is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area and the county seat is McKinney, TX. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented in the county and surrounding communities. Among the more serious issues associated […]
Tallapoosa County is located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama and has a population of approximately 41,000 residents. The county’s largest city is Alexander City, and the county seat is Dadeville. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have consistently been reported by county officials but have only recently initiated demand-reduction […]
Walker County is a county located in central Alabama. It has a population of roughly 65,000 residents and the county seat is Jasper, AL. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented in the county, especially within the last decade. In May 2011, members of the Walker County Sheriff’s Office’s Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET) conducted a street-level […]
Buena Vista County is located east of Sioux City, Iowa. It has a population of about 21,000, roughly half of which live in the county seat and largest city, Storm Lake. Prostitution activity has been reported in the community over the past decade, and on at least two occasions, local law enforcement have uncovered commercial […]
Southfield is a city in Oakland County, Michigan with a population of approximately 76,000. It is a northern suburb abutting the city limit of Detroit, MI. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented problems in the city and throughout Oakland County for decades. For example, in February 2013 the Michigan State Attorney General’s Office announced […]
Vandalia is a suburban city of roughly 15,000 residents in Montgomery County, Ohio, near Dayton. In addition to being the city closest to Dayton International Airport, Vandalia lies at the crossroads of I-75 and I-70, making it a major hub for business travel and a draw for commercial sex and sex trafficking — problems which […]
Greenwood Village is a municipality of about 15,000 residents located in Arapahoe County, the third-most populous county in Colorado. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the city and throughout the Arapahoe County area have been well-documented. Among the more serious issues associated with the city’s commercial sex market is the sex trafficking of adults and minors. […]
Sarasota County is located in Southwest Florida on the Gulf Coast with a population of approximately 433,000 residents. Its county seat is the city of Sarasota, and its largest city is North Port. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by law enforcement as substantial problems in the city, and residents have complained to police […]
Comanche County is located in southwestern Oklahoma along Interstate 44. The county has a population of roughly 122,000, making it the fifth-most populous county in Oklahoma. The city of Lawton serves as the county seat and is its main population center. The local prostitution market has produced a number of documented problems, including child sex […]
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