Sunny Isles Beach is a city located on a barrier island in northeast Miami-Dade County, Florida, with a population of approximately 22,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking are documented problems in the city, with some cases involving child sex trafficking and organized crime syndicates. In an effort to identify and apprehend local sex buyers, the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department has conducted street-level reverse stings since 1983. Operations typically use undercover female officers and detectives, who pose as decoys in areas suspected of prostitution activity. As sex buyers attempt to solicit sex from the women, they are arrested by police.