Lehi is a city in Utah County, Utah, with a population of approximately 64,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city and throughout Utah County. For example, in November, 2019, a three-day human trafficking sting in Lehi resulted in the arrests of 26 people involved in human trafficking. Several of these arrests […]
Platte County is located in eastern Nebraska, and has a population of approximately 33,000. Its county seat is the city of Columbus. Sex trafficking and prostitution activity is well documented in the region. For example, in May, 2012, a Columbus man was arrested in a child sex trafficking case. Local efforts to address these crimes […]
Clarksville is a town located along the Ohio River, in Clark County, Indiana. The community has approximately 22,000 residents and is located within the Louisville, KY metropolitan area. Clarksville has well-documented problems with prostitution and a wide range of related crimes. For example, in October, 2008, police announced that they had busted a Clarksville business […]
Madison County, Mississippi has a population of approximately 109,000, its government seat is the city of Canton. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, generating complaints to local law enforcement. For example, in November 2015, an operation by the Ridgeland Police Department and Mississippi Bureau of Investigation resulted in the arrest of four women […]
Columbia serves as the county seat of Marion County, Mississippi, and had a population of approximately 5,900 at the 2020 census. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding region. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and […]
Loves Park is a city of about 23,000 residents in northern Illinois, located mostly in Winnebago County but with a tiny sliver in Boone County. The city is part of the Rockford Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and drug use have been documented in the city. Although no proactive reverse stings targeting demand have been conducted […]
Edwardsville is a city of about 25,000 residents in southwestern Illinois. It is the county seat of Madison County and a suburb northeast of St. Louis. Prostitution has been documented in the city, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. For example, in September 2017 a man was arrested in Florissant and charged with armed robbery […]
Munising is a city in Alger County, Michigan, and had a population of just under 2,000 at the 2020 census. It serves as the government seat of Alger County. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented throughout the Upper Peninsula region of Michigan. Among the efforts to combat these and related crimes have been […]
Lamar County is located in southern Mississippi, and as of the 2020 census, its population was approximately 63,000. The county’s government seat is the city of Purvis. Part of the city of Hattiesburg also lies within Lamar County (most is within Forrest County), and part of the city of Lumberton is within the county (the […]
DeKalb is a city of about 43,000 residents in northern Illinois, located in DeKalb County roughly 60 miles west of Chicago. Prostitution has been documented in the city, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. For example, in 2011 an attorney was charged with prostitution after allegations she had sex in exchange for supplies for her […]
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