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Chino Hills is a city of approximately 79,000 residents, located in southwestern San Bernardino County, California, near Yorba Linda. The city borders Los Angeles County on its northwest side, Orange County to its south, and Riverside County to its southeast. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and […]
Wayne County, Pennsylvania has a population of about 51,000, and its government seat is the Borough of Honesdale. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes […]
Boise is the largest city in and state capitol of Idaho, and the government seat of Ada County. It has a population of roughly 230,000 residents and is located in the southwest portion of the state near the Oregon border. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in Boise and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated […]
Paragonah is a town of approximately 500 residents in Iron County, Utah. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in the town, surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the […]
Ada County is located in southwestern Idaho and has approximately 512,000 residents. Its county seat and largest city is Boise, ID, which is also the state capital. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city of Boise and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Ada County. This activity and the problems […]
Marion County is located in central Indiana and has a population of approximately 980,000. The county seat is Indianapolis, the state’s capital and largest city. County and Indianapolis residents, businesses, police, and others have recognized the area’s substantial prostitution problem for decades. They acknowledge the link between commercial sex and other crimes, including the sex […]
Blount County is located in eastern Tennessee, and contains the cities of Alcoa and Maryville. Its population is roughly 138,000. Prostitution has been a well-documented local problem for many years, and generates complaints to police from residents and businesses. Among the efforts to address such problems, there have been tactics used that are designed to […]
Bloomington is a city of about 22,000 residents in San Bernardino County, southern California. Like law enforcement agencies in neighboring Ontario and San Bernardino, police have identified areas of the city where street prostitution occurs, and know that much of it is facilitated using the web for advertising and occurs indoors. To address these issues, […]
Roseland is a town within Clay Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana. The town is part of the South Bend–Mishawaka, IN-MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area, and has a population of under 1,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the county and metro area, including the nearby cities of South Bend and Elkhart. This […]
Barnstable is a city of approximately 50,000 residents, located on Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities on Cape Cod. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses, and […]
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