Decatur is a city with around 54,000 residents, situated near Huntsville, Athens and Madison in northern Alabama, within Morgan County. Cases of prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported in the community, and residents have complained to local law enforcement about prostitution activity in some city neighborhoods. For example, in August, 2022, a man was arrested after […]
De Soto is a town of around 6,000 residents, situated along the Kansas river roughly equidistant between Lawrence and Overland Park in Johnson County, Kansas. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Johnson County. This activity and the […]
Daytona Beach is a city of approximately 74,000 residents, located an hour north of Orlando in Volusia County, Florida. Commercial sex activity has posed considerable problems in the community for several decades, and has been linked to cases of suspected sex trafficking, incidents of child endangerment, and targeted sexual assaults and homicides of prostituted persons. The […]
Dayton is a city of approximately 140,000 residents, located 50 miles north of Cincinnati in Montgomery County, Ohio. Numerous crimes associated with the local commercial sex market have been documented in the city for decades, including illicit drug offenses, targeted homicides, assault, and rape of prostituted people, and the sex trafficking of children. Sex buyers have […]
Davenport is a city on the eastern edge of Iowa on the Mississippi River. Davenport is the county seat of Scott County, and has a population of just over 100,000. Prostitution and child sex trafficking have been well-documented problems in the city for decades, and in some cases there has been extreme violence associated with […]
Davenport is a town of approximately 11,000 residents located in Polk County, in central Florida. It is part of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints […]
Darlington in a county in northeastern South Carolina. The county has a population of about 63,000, and includes the city of Darlington. The Darlington County Sheriff’s Office has conducted reverse stings at the local raceway using undercover officers. Investigators have also made arrests at local video stores and other locations operating brothels. The names, ages, […]
Dallas is a city located in Dallas County, TX and with a population of approximately 1.3 million residents, it is the ninth-largest city in the United States. Due to the city’s location, prostitution and sex trafficking have been significant issues within the city and in surrounding areas. The city of Dallas is a destination location […]
Dania Beach is a city of approximately 32,000 residents located near Hollywood, FL, in Broward County. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city and surrounding areas. To address the issue, Dania Beach Police has adopted several tactics targeting sex buyers, such as street-level reverse stings. Reverse stings have been conducted by the […]
Danville is a town of around 31,000 located on the eastern border of Illinois. It is the county seat of Vermilion County. The Danville Police Department has conducted street-level prostitution stings, arresting both prostituted women and the men who solicit them. The names, ages, and addresses of those arrested as well as where they were […]
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