Jersey City contains approximately 284,000 residents and lies within the New York City metro area, situated between Newark and Manhattan in Hudson County. Prostitution, sex trafficking, and prostitution-related violence (including the serial homicide of prostituted women, and the robbery and assault of sex buyers) have been identified as substantial problems in the city and throughout […]
Jefferson is a census-designated place of less than 750 residents, located 10 miles west of Charleston in Kanawha County, West Virginia. Centered along a strip of U.S. Route 60, the community has reported problems with chronic prostitution in and around its many adult-oriented businesses for decades, including multiple homicides. To address the wide range of […]
Jasper is a city of approximately 14,000 residents located in Walker County in northern Alabama. In May 2011, members of the Walker County Sheriff’s Office’s Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET) conducted a street-level reverse sting outside one of the city’s motels, using an undercover female officer as a decoy. The operation resulted in the arrest of four sex buyers, all of whom […]
Jacksonville is a city of approximately 950,000 million residents, located in northeast Florida. It is the state’s most populous city, and includes the semi-autonomous communities of Neptune Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, and Baldwin. Prostitution and commercial sex trafficking have been identified as substantial problems in the city for decades, and have been linked to […]
Jackson County is located in west central Missouri, and contains the Missouri portion of Kansas City, Independence, and many smaller towns and unincorporated areas. It is the second most populous county in the state, with roughly 717,000 residents. Sex Trafficking and prostitution are prevalent and well-documented problems in the county. In an effort to reduce […]
Jackson County is a largely rural area with approximately 13,o00 residents, located in northeast Kansas, near Topeka. Holton is the county’s seat and largest city. In an effort to reduce consumer-level demand for prostitution, police have conducted reverse stings. In February 2020, two men were arrested by deputies on charges of buying sexual relations and […]
Jackson is the capitol city of Mississippi, and has a population of about 175,000. Prostitution has been identified by police and others as a local concern, and there have been cases of sex trafficking and child endangerment in the area, and the associated production and distribution of child sexual abuse materials (CSAM). For example, in […]
Jackson is a city of about 68,000 residents in western Tennessee, situated along Interstate 40. Residents, neighborhood organizations, and law enforcement have identified prostitution as a substantial problem in the city, and sex trafficking has occurred in the city. For example, in December 2018, a man received a 20-year sentence and was required to pay […]
Islandia is a village of approximately 3,600 residents, located in the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, on central Long Island, New York. The community has reported serious problems related to prostitution–including the targeted attack and murder of prostituted women–for decades. In response, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office has conducted at least three reverse stings […]
Irvington is a city of about 54,000 residents in eastern New Jersey, located in Essex County. The city is situated near Newark, NJ and lies within the greater New York City MSA. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Essex County. This activity […]
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