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Jones County, North Carolina is located near the juncture of Route 58 and U.S. 17. It is sparsely populated, with just over 9,000 residents, and consists of small towns (such as Maysville, and Pollocksville) and unincorporated rural areas. Some prostitution and sex trafficking have occurred in the county and has generated complaints to police. For […]
Prescott is the county seat and largest city in Yavapai County, located in central Arizona, north of Phoenix. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county, since the late 1800s. In contemporary times, this activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it […]
Wichita Falls is a city of approximately 105,000 residents, located in northern Texas. It is the county seat of Wichita County, TX, and the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its central business district is five miles from Sheppard Air Force Base, the largest technical training wing and a NATO jet pilot […]
Greenwood is a city of approximately 22,000 residents, located northwest of the center of Greenwood County, in the northwest portion of South Carolina. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law […]
Bend is a city with approximately 97,000 residents in central Oregon on the eastern edge of the Cascade mountain range, along the Deschutes River. It is the government seat and principle population center of Deschutes County, OR. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities. This activity and the problems […]
Mt. Vernon is the county seat and largest city (population about 35,000) in Skagit County, located in northern Washington state. It is situated directly north of Seattle, along the Interstate 5 corridor. The city of Mt. Vernon has had street prostitution and indoor prostitution occurring in hotels and storefront brothels (such as nail salons), as […]
Lane County is located in Western Oregon, along the Interstate 5 corridor. Roughly half of its population of about 383,000 resides in the county seat of Eugene, the second largest city in Oregon. Commercial sex is well documented in the central city, and in the surrounding towns and unincorporated areas. Among the more serious problems […]
North Myrtle Beach is a city of about 19,000 residents, located approximately 100 miles north of Charleston in Horry County, South Carolina. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Horry county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in […]
Tumwater is a city of about 26,000 residents in Washington state, within Thurston County. It is located just south of Olympia, the state’s capitol and the seat of Thurston County. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results […]
Thurston County, Washington has close to 300,000 residents and is located roughly 30 miles south of Seattle, past Tacoma, at the southern end of Puget Sound and along the Interstate 5 corridor. The county seat and its largest city is Olympia, the state capital, and includes smaller cities such as Tumwater, as well as smaller […]
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