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Cascade County is located in Central Montana and has a population of about 82,000. Its county seat is Great Falls, MT, where prostitution has been well-documented. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in the county for over a century. In 1888, when the city was just four years old, an ordinance was passed […]
Jackson Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio and has a population of roughly 40,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the township, surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law […]
Campbell is a city of about 43,000 residents in Santa Clara County, CA. It is in the San Francisco Bay Area, in the region known as Silicon Valley. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and throughout Santa Clara County. Prostitution and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in […]
Belmont is a city of about 27,000 residents in San Mateo County, CA. It is in the San Francisco Bay Area, on the San Francisco Peninsula halfway between San Francisco and San Jose. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and throughout San Mateo County. For example, in 2010, a study […]
Lehigh County is located in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. Its population is about 376,000, and its county seat is Allentown, the state’s third-largest city behind Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Prostitution activity have been well-documented in the communities and unincorporated areas of the county for decades. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it […]
Northampton County, Pennsylvania is located in the Lehigh Valley area, and has a population of about 314,000. The county seat is the city of Easton, and other substantial cities and townships include Bethlehem Township, Bethlehem, Palmer Township, and Hanover Township All of these communities have reported serious problems related to prostitution– particularly sex sales occurring […]
Glynn County is situated in southeastern Georgia, near Savannah and north of Jacksonville, Florida. Glynn County has a population of approximately 85,000 residents. Reports of prostitution activity in and around Brunswick and Glynn County dates back two decades and has generated complaints from business owners and local residents. Among the more serious crimes associated with the […]
Lafayette Parish is a county in Louisiana located an hour west of Baton Rouge. It has a population of roughly 244,000, and its government seat is the city of Lafayette. Prostitution and related activity have been well-documented in the cities and surrounding areas of the parish. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it […]
Bossier Parish is located in northwest Louisiana, in the Shreveport metropolitan area and has a population of roughly 130,000 residents. The government seat is Bossier City, LA. Prostitution activity have been well-documented in the cities and surrounding areas of the parish. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to […]
Will County is in northeastern Illinois, in the Chicago metro area, and has a population of about 700,000 (the fourth-most populous county in the state). The county seat is the city of Joliet, and other communities include Romeoville and Matteson. Prostitution activity have been well-documented in the cities and unincorporated areas of the county. This […]
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