El Paso is a city of approximately 678,00 residents, located in El Paso County, Texas, less 10 miles from Juarez, Mexico along the southern U.S. border. Sex trafficking and prostitution are well-documented problems in the city. Minor females are frequently recovered during prostitution sweeps. In 2014, the FBI collaborated with local police to investigate a […]
El Monte is a city with a population of around 107,000 located in Los Angeles County, CA. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent problems in the city and surrounding areas for decades. The El Monte Police Department has been conducting reverse stings routinely since 2006, and occasionally before then. For example, in August 2003, […]
El Cajon is a city of approximately 105,000 residents, located 16 miles east of San Diego in California. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the city and surrounding areas, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes associated with the […]
Easton is a city of approximately 28,000 residents in eastern Pennsylvania, located in Northampton County, PA, on the eastern edge of the Lehigh Valley near Allentown and Bethlehem. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented problems in the city and greater county area for decades. This activity and its ancillary crimes has resulted in reports […]
East Hazel Crest is a village in Illinois with a population of roughly 1,500 residents, located 25 miles south of Chicago in Cook County. In 2010, as a result of complaints from local business owners, a reverse sting was conducted and three men were arrested. The arrested sex buyers also faced a mandatory vehicle tow, […]
Duluth is a city of approximately 86,000 residents located in Beltrami County, in northeastern Minnesota on the shore of Lake Superior. Documented cases of prostitution and sex trafficking have occurred in the city, with Native American women and girls reported to be particularly vulnerable. To address these and other problems inevitably generated by prostitution, law […]
Dothan is located in the southeastern corner of Alabama, with a population of approximately 71,000. It is the government seat of Houston County. Sex trafficking and prostitution have been well-documented problems in the city for many years. Included in the range of local responses to these problems have been the use of tactics targeting consumer […]
Detroit is the largest city in Michigan, with a population of about 640,000 residents, and is located in the southeastern region of the state, within Wayne County. The city and the surrounding region have had well-documented local problems with prostitution, sex trafficking, and a wide range of associated crimes, spanning decades. Public health officials have […]
Des Moines is the state capital city located in central Iowa. It also serves as the government seat of Polk County, and has a population of about 215,000. Prostitution has been identified as a problem in the city dating back to the 1800s, and in contemporary times, sex trafficking and related crime have been well […]
Des Moines is a city of roughly 33,000 residents in King County, WA. It is located just south of Seattle. Among the problems associated with the local commercial sex market have been reports of targeted sexual assault, targeted homicide of prostituted women, and the commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking of minors. Consumer-level demand provides the revenue […]
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