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Yuma County is located in the southwest corner of Arizona, and has a population of over 206,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity in the county and surrounding areas have been well-documented for decades. This activity and its ancillary crimes have resulted in complaints to local law enforcement from residents and businesses. For example, in 2010, […]
Hendry County is located inland of Fort Meyers in southwestern Florida and has a population of about 39,000. Its county seat is LaBelle, and Hendry County comprises the Clewiston Micropolitan Statistical Area. Clewiston is a town of approximately 7,300 residents near Lake Okeechobee. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated […]
Saint Charles is a city in, and the county seat of, St. Charles County, Missouri. The population is about 70,000, making St. Charles the ninth-largest city in Missouri. It is located along the Missouri River, and is a northwestern suburb of St. Louis. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity in St. Charles County have been well-documented […]
Durham County, North Carolina had a population of approximately 327,000, making it the sixth-most populous county in the state. It has well-documented problems with sex trafficking and prostitution, including cases of organized child sex trafficking and multi-state prostitution rings based out of the city of Durham (the county seat). The main tactics used to combat […]
Salida is a city of about 15,000 residents, located in the Central Valley area of California, in Stanislaus County. Prostitution has been a substantial problem in the area for decades, with recent activities concentrated in the cities of Modesto, Turlock, and surrounding towns, including Salida. Child sex trafficking is also well documented within the county. […]
Eden Prairie is a city of approximately 65,000 residents in Minnesota, located about 10 miles southwest of downtown Minneapolis in Hennepin County, MN. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Hennepin County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to […]
Clackamas County has approximately 415,000 residents and is located in Northwestern Oregon. Its county seat is Oregon City and its largest communities are Oregon City and Lake Oswego. It also contains Canby, Wilsonville, Gresham, and a small portion of Portland. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been known to occur in the area for decades. […]
Rockdale County, Georgia, is located about 25 miles east of Atlanta; its county seat is the city of Conyers. Rockdale has a population of approximately 94,000. A number of problems associated with local prostitution have been documented, including a case of child endangerment involving young children, rape, robbery, kidnapping, assault, and human trafficking charges have […]
Yellowstone County is a county of approximately 167,000 residents in the U.S. state of Montana. The county seat and largest city is Billings, MT, which is also the largest city in the state. Partially due to the state’s large number of truck stops, prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent and visible problems for decades, […]
The city of Napa is the largest municipality in Napa County, with a population of about 79,000. It is located north of San Pablo Bay in northern California. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city of Napa and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Napa County. This activity and the […]
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