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Novato is a city of roughly 54,000 residents, located north of San Francisco in Marin County, California. Cases of prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported in the city, at times involving minors. Media reports have also documented the assault and murder of commercial sex victims in Novato. Child endangerment has also occurred in prostitution […]
Greenville is the county seat of and the most populous city in Pitt County, NC, with a population of about 93,000 residents. It is also the principal city of the Greenville metropolitan area. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported in the city, in addition to at least one case of assault and robbery of […]
Boone is a town of approximately 18,000 residents, located in Watauga County in the Blue Hill Mountains of western North Carolina. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented as local problems for decades. In a relatively recent example, in 2019 an owner of a massage parlor was arrested after Boone County Sheriff’s Office deputies began […]
San Angelo is a city of approximately 100,030 residents, located in Tom Green County in west-central Texas, along the Concho River. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been documented in the city for decades, dating back to brothels operating in the late 1800s. This activity leads to complaints from the community, which spurs police responses. […]
Bloomington is a small city of approximately 86,000 residents, located just south of Minneapolis in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Local law enforcement agencies have reported problems with prostitution and sex trafficking in the city for several years, with activities often concentrated in and around the city’s hotels and motels. Since 2010, the Bloomington Police Department has […]
Greeley is a city of approximately 109,000 residents in north-central Colorado. It is the largest city and county seat in Weld County, CO. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and in the greater county area. This activity and its ancillary crimes has resulted in an increase in complaints to local […]
Eau Claire is a county of about 106,000 residents located in western Wisconsin, near Minneapolis. Child sex trafficking and prostitution have been documented within the county. For example, in April, 2021, a total of 34 charges were filed against two individuals arrested in Eau Claire after they tried to sell a child under the age […]
Prince George’s County occupies the suburban Washington, DC portion of Maryland, and contains the cities of College Park, Oxon Hill, and South Laurel, as well as unincorporated communities/census designated places such as Largo. Its population is over 955,000. Prostitution and child sex trafficking within the county are well documented. For example, in July 2013, state, […]
Evanston is a suburb of about 74,000 residents located just north of Chicago in Cook County. Child sex trafficking is among the documented problems associated with the local commercial sex market. In April 2014, a nine-month investigation into a case involving an Evanston teen who solicited sex on Craigslist ended with four arrests. The case […]
Charleroi is a borough of about 4,000 residents, located south of Pittsburgh in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Despite the borough’s small population size, prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been documented. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. In effort to combat prostitution and sex trafficking activity, […]
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