Newport, KY
Categories:
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 | ✓ |
Newport is a suburb of Cincinnati located in northern Kentucky, and has a population of roughly 14,000 residents. The city has a century-long reputation as a center of the prostitution in the metro area. In an effort to reduce prostitution and associated problems, Newport has attempted to reduce consumer-level demand for prostitution through conducting reverse stings.
Key Partners
- Newport Police Department
Key Sources
Reverse Sting:
- http://nky-criminal-defense-lawyer.com/is-craigslist-ad-entrapment-for-marijuana-or-prostitution (2011)
Background on Prostitution in the Area:
- http://www.nkyviews.com/campbell/text/s_city_esq.htm
- http://www.nkyviews.com/campbell/text/eastern_sin_city.htm
- http://cincinnati.com/blogs/ourhistory/arrest-inspired-newport-to-end-%E2%80%98sin-city%E2%80%99-reputation (2011)
- http://sun.louisville.edu/hopevi/HOPEVIREPORTNEWPORTFINAL090508.pdf
- http://www.nkyviews.com/campbell/text/eastern_sin_city.htm
- https://www.wcpo.com/lifestyle/from-the-vault/from-the-vault-stripper-helped-frame-george-ratterman-but-football-star-sheriff-drove-vice-out (2016)
- https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/newport-kentucky-sin-city (2017)
- https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/campbell-county/newport/interactive-the-rise-and-fall-of-sin-city (2018)
- https://www.nkytribune.com/our-rich-history-prostitution-progressivism-and-prohibition-all-part-of-newports-colorful-past (2020)
Sex Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation in the Area:
| State | Kentucky |
| Type | City |
| Population | 14113 |
| Location |
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