Camden is a city of approximately 72,000 residents, situated across the Delaware River from Philadelphia in Camden County, New Jersey. Prostitution and sex trafficking have posed chronic and visible problems in the city for decades, and at least one serial killer and one serial rapist have targeted prostituted women in Camden and surrounding areas. Camden […]
Calumet City is a suburb south of Chicago with a population of 35,000. The city is in Cook County and is along the state border across from Hammond, Indiana. The Calumet City Police Department has conducted street-level reverse stings using undercover female officers since 1997. The stings occurred about two or three times per year. Since […]
Burnsville is a city of approximately 64,000 residents, located just south of Minneapolis in Dakota County, Minnesota. To reduce prostitution activity in the city, the Burnsville Police Department has conducted web-based and street-level reverse stings since 2007. Reverse stings have been conducted 3-4 times per year, according to BPD representatives interviewed for the National Assessment […]
Buffalo is the second largest city in New York, with approximately 260,000 residents. It is the county seat of Erie County. Prostitution at street level, facilitated online, and occurring within adult-oriented businesses has caused persistent and formidable problems within the city for decades. Residents on the East Side and West Side, in particular, have complained […]
Broward County has a population of about 2,000,000 residents and is located on the southeastern coast of Florida. Its county seat and largest city is Fort Lauderdale. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent and well-documented problems in the county for decades. Prostitution-related homicides have also occurred in the county. Among the ways in which […]
Brooksville is a suburb of Tampa, Florida, in Hernando County. Its population is about 9,000 residents. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law enforcement agencies […]
Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with roughly 2.6 million residents. It is located south of Manhattan in Kings County. Like most large cities, Brooklyn has a long history of commercial sex activity and sex trafficking. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is child sex […]
The Bronx is a borough of approximately 1.4 million residents, located north of Manhattan and Queens in New York City. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent and visible problems in the borough for decades, with a preponderance of activity reported in Hunts Point and the Wakefield neighborhood in the northern portion of the borough. […]
Bridgeport is a city of approximately 148,000 residents, an hour’s drive north of New York, near Fairfield, Connecticut. It is the largest city in the state, with a robust and well-documented commercial sex market. Media reports of street and in-house prostitution in the city date back to the 1880s. Local law enforcement and federal agents […]
Bradenton is a city of approximately 51,000 residents, situated near Sarasota in Manatee County, Florida. Many cases of prostitution and sex trafficking (including commercial sexual exploitation) have occurred in the city, and associated problems have included the rape and murder of prostituted women, child endangerment, drug offenses, and many serious crimes. The Bradenton Police Department […]
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