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San Bernardino County is located in Southern California, and is included in the Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario metropolitan statistical area (also known as the Inland Empire), and is part of the greater Los Angeles–Long Beach combined statistical area. The county has approximately 2.2 million residents, and contains the cities of Victorville, San Bernardino, Hesperia, Ontario, Fontana and Pomona. […]
Hesperia is a city of approximately 101,000 residents, located near Victorville in San Bernardino County, California. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and 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 […]
Santa Fe is a city of approximately 88,000 residents, located in Santa Fe County, in Northern New Mexico. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been documented in the city and surrounding communities. However, according to police, the commercial sex market has shifted from occurring on the streets to primarily occurring online. The online commercial sex […]
Ontario is a city in the northwest corner of Wayne County in upstate New York. Its population is approximately 10,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints […]
Shakopee is a city of approximately 45,000 residents located near downtown Minneapolis, to the southwest in Scott County. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities and unincorporated areas of the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul metro region. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints […]
Gilbert is a city of approximately 273,000 residents, located about 20 miles east of Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona. Among the problems associated with local prostitution have been the serial killing and serial rapes targeting trafficked girls and women involved in prostitution, and cases of child sex trafficking have also been documented in the city and nearby communities […]
Central Point is an Oregon city in Jackson County with a population of about 18,600 residents. The city shares its southern border with the city of Medford and is a part of the Medford metropolitan area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and the problems […]
Hood River is a city in Northern Oregon of approximately 8,300 residents, and is the county seat of Hood River County, OR. It is situated along the border of Oregon and Washington, featuring a port on the Columbia River, and is named for the nearby Hood River. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented […]
Gilroy is a city located in Northern California’s Santa Clara County, south of Morgan Hill and north of San Benito County. It’s population is about 58,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Santa Clara county. This activity and the problems and ancillary […]
Monterey County in located in southwest California, and has a population of about 437,000. Its largest city and the county seat is Salinas, with approximately 163,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking have posed persistent and visible problems in the community for several decades, and has generated numerous complaints from local residents and business owners. Consumer […]
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