Osceola is a city of roughly 5,500 residents serving as the government seat of Clarke County in southern Iowa.  Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and throughout the region. Police officers have observed local ads for paid sex on websites and noted that the city is well-situated for prostitution and sex trafficking, located along high-volume traffic areas with I-35 running between Des Moines and Kansas City.  In response, local efforts have included arresting sex buyers and publicly releasing their identities.  For example, in November, 2015 Osceola police reported that six people had been arrested in a human trafficking sting conducted by the Osceola Police Department, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the Iowa Division of Intelligence and the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office (with assistance from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Beuna Vista County Sheriff’s Office, Manchester Police Department  and the Iowa State Patrol). The six suspects were taken to the Clarke County Law Enforcement Center, three of which were men charged with prostitution.