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Vilas County, Wisconsin has a population of approximately 23,500, and its county seat is the city of Eagle River. The county partly overlaps the reservation of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented throughout the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates […]
Iron County is a largely rural area of southwest Utah, with a population of about 60,000. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law enforcement agencies as a strategy for prevention and response. In February 2018, law enforcement officials in Iron County arrested seven […]
Brighton is a home rule municipality city of approximately 41,000 residents located in both Adams County and Weld County, Colorado. Brighton is the county seat of Adams County and is part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city […]
Woodway is a small suburb of McLennan County‘s city of Waco, Texas, with a population of approximately 8,900 residents. Prostitution is a well documented problem in the city, and is closely linked with illegal drug abuse and trafficking. Among the tactics used to disrupt commercial sex markets are those targeting consumer level demand. For example, […]
Graham is a city in Alamance County, North Carolina. As of the 2020 census the population was over 17,000. It is the county seat of Alamance County. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the city, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Consumer […]
East Ridge is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the city population was just over 22,000. East Ridge is bordered by Chattanooga to the west, north, and east, and the Georgia state line to the south. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution activity has been […]
Nicollet County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was just over 34,000. Its county seat is St. Peter. Nicollet County is part of the Mankato–North Mankato, MN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution activity have been well-documented within the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary […]
Northampton is a city of approximately 29,000 residents in western Massachusetts. It is the county seat of Hampshire County and is an affluent community in the “Five College” area (Smith, Amherst, UMass Amherst, Holyoke, Hampshire are all within 10 miles of one-another) with a well-documented presence of prostitution and sex trafficking. For example, in 2017 […]
Freeport is a city of about 7,900 residents, located in Cumberland County, about 20 miles north of Portland, Maine. The commercial district along Route 1 and waterfront tourism provide flows of visitors that boost the potential “customer” base for prostitution far beyond the local resident population. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented problems in […]
Damariscotta is a city of approximately 1,350 residents in mid-coastal Maine, in Lincoln County. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies. For example, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office charged eight people with prostitution-related crimes after an “extensive” investigation that began […]
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