Lodi is a city of approximately 67,000 residents, located south of Sacramento in California’s Central Valley, near Stockton. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity, occurring both at street level and within adult-oriented businesses, has been reported in the community for decades. Cases of targeted kidnappings, assaults and homicides of prostituted women, and robberies of adult-oriented businesses […]
Little Rock is the capital and largest city in Arkansas, with approximately 202,000 residents. Prostitution has been a persistent and visible problem in the city for decades, and has generated a wide range of crimes associated with commercial sex activity, including child and adult sex trafficking, drug trafficking, weapons offenses, homicide (including the targeting of […]
Lincoln City is a small city in Northwestern Oregon of approximately 9,700 residents, located in Lincoln County, OR. Problems associated with prostitution have been well-documented for decades. For example, in 2008, Lincoln City police arrested a woman at a motel on Highway 101 on charges of prostitution, and in a press release stated that prostitution […]
Lincoln is the capital and second-largest city in Nebraska, with about 293,000 residents. Prostitution has been a persistent and visible problem in the area, and the sex trafficking of minors in Lincoln has been well documented for decades. Robberies of sex buyers have also been documented. Community members have complained to local law enforcement about […]
Lima is a city of approximately 36,000 residents. Located in western Ohio, it is the county seat of Allen County. Local residents and businesses have reported high levels of prostitution activity, often concentrated in the Kibby Corners area, for over a decade. There have also been multiple, well-documented cases of local and regional sex trafficking. […]
Lihue is a census-designated place with approximately 9,000 residents located in Kauai County, HI. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems on the island, including within Lihue. Among the more serious issues associated with the area’s commercial sex market have been a homicide committed by a woman in prostitution against her cousin and the sexual […]
Liberty is a city of approximately 8,500 residents, located 40 miles northeast of Houston in Texas. It is the county seat of Liberty County. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the city for decades, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to Liberty Police Department from residents. Consumer level demand provides the […]
Leyden Township is a community of approximately 91,000 residents, located northwest of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. Prostitution has been a persistent and visible problem in the Mannheim Road area for years. In an effort to identify and apprehend sex buyers, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office has incorporated the use of street-level reverse stings. Police […]
Lexington Park is a census-designated place of approximately 13,000 residents, located in St. Mary’s County in southern Maryland. Prostitution is known to have generated numerous complaints to the police from local residents. The sex trafficking of minors has also been well documented locally. For example, in December, 2014, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice/Narcotics […]
Lexington is a city of approximately 322,000 residents, located in Fayette County in northeast Kentucky. It is the state’s second-largest city. Street prostitution and indoor prostitution rings (including multi-state sex trafficking rings) have presented persistent and severe problems in the area for decades. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex […]
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