Orangeburg is a small city of approximately 12,500 residents, located in Orangeburg County in central South Carolina. Prostitution, including the solicitation and commercial sexual exploitation of minors, has been reported in the community. In response, both the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety and Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Department have launched investigations targeting underlying demand for prostitution. […]
North Miami is a suburban city of 60,000 located in northeast Miami-Dade County, FL, about 10 miles north of Miami. The city lies on Biscayne Bay. Prostitution and child sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the area and have generated many complaints to police. In an effort to address local consumer-level demand for commercial sex, […]
Georgetown is a town of approximately 7,000 residents, located in south-central Delaware’s Sussex County. Prostitution has been identified by police and residents as a problem in the city. To address the consumer-level demand driving this issue, the Georgetown Police Department has conducted at least two reverse stings. One operation, conducted in December 2012, resulted in […]
Coon Rapids is a city of approximately 63,000 residents in the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. It is the largest city in Anoka County. According to Coon Rapids Police Department officials, there has been concern in recent years that prostitution sting operations by Brooklyn Center and Brooklyn Park Police Departments has pushed prostitution activity across […]
With about 6,000 residents, Watford City is in Northwestern North Dakota that serves as the county seat of McKenzie County. Since 2000, a relatively large proportion of the population have been male workers in the energy sector. Prostitution activity has been documented in the city and surrounding areas. Among the more serious concerns associated with […]
Cudahy is a city of approximately 22,000 residents in Los Angeles County, CA. Prostitution has been identified as a problem in the area and has generated complaints by residents to police. Local attempts to reduce prostitution activity and the associated crimes and community deterioration that co-occur with the sex trade, have included at least one […]
Minnehaha County is a county of approximately 200,000 residents, located in southeastern South Dakota. The county seat and state’s largest city is Sioux Falls. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have occurred in the county for decades. For example, between 1951 and 1956, there was a federal campaign against organized interstate prostitution – much of which […]
Jonesboro is a city of approximately 4,500 residents and located about 20 miles south of Atlanta in Clayton County, Georgia. The city is known to have a substantial level of prostitution activity in a variety of venues, including massage parlor brothels, online advertisements, and encounters arranged for at local motels. Sex trafficking has also been […]
Jupiter, a city of approximately 61,000 residents, is located near West Palm Beach, Florida, in Palm Beach County. Prostitution and sex trafficking of minors have been identified by law enforcement as substantial problems in the city, and residents have complained to police about prostitution in several neighborhoods. Prostituted persons have also been murdered in the […]
Muscatine is a city of less that 25,000 residents near Davenport, in Eastern Iowa. Prostitution and sex trafficking investigations have occurred in the city, dating back to the 1800s. A news article from 1873 described a local case of a man beating and sexually assaulting a young woman, insisting she engage in prostitution. During an […]
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