Clifton, NJ
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Tactics Used |
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Auto Seizure | ✓ |
Buyer Arrests | ✓ |
Cameras | ✓ |
Community Service | ✓ |
Employment Loss | ✓ |
Identity Disclosure | ✓ |
IT Based Tactics | ✓ |
John School | ✓ |
Letters | ✓ |
License Suspension | ✓ |
Neighborhood Action | ✓ |
Public Education | ✓ |
Reverse Stings | ✓ |
SOAP Orders | ✓ |
Web Stings | ✓ |
Clifton is a community of approximately 85,000 residents, situated east of Manhattan near Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey. Indoor prostitution in local hotels has been identified as a substantial problem and has generated complaints to police from residents.
In an effort to reduce prostitution in the city, the Clifton Police Department has conducted at least one web-based reverse sting. The January 2014 reversal was part of a larger, ongoing investigation aimed at identifying and recovering prostituted and trafficked individuals, and arresting their pimps or traffickers. Over a two-month period, a total of sixteen people were arrested at two hotels in a series of sting operations leading up to Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2, 2014. Ten women and four men were arrested on prostitution charges, and two additional men were arrested on drug charges. Three of the women arrested reported they were from out-of-state (two from California and one from Colorado), suggesting that the city may be part of a larger-scale commercial sex network or circuit.
Key Partners
- Clifton Police Department
Key Sources
- Web-Based Reverse Stings:
- Background on Prostitution in the Area:
- “Four Charged with Prostitution”, Clifton Journal, November 13 2009.
- “Police Charge Two Transvestites with Prostitution in Clifton”, Clifton Journal, September 24 2010.
- “Police Charge Two with Prostitution”, Clifton Journal, January 21 2011.
- “Clifton Police Crack Down on Prostitution”, Clifton Journal, December 20 2013.
- http://www.northjersey.com/news/246475221_Clifton_Journal_Police_Blotter_Feb__21__2014.html
State | New Jersey |
Type | City |
Population | 84722 |
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