Murfreesboro is a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee and has a population of over 158,000. It is the county seat of Rutherford County. Prostitution rings and hotel-based prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in the city, and to generate complaints to police. In one case, a pimp shot a man and was seized in […]
Waukesha is a city of approximately 71,000 residents, located in southeastern Wisconsin. The city is known to have prostitution issue over the past 10 years, particularly hotel-based prostitution advertised via the internet, generating complaints to police. There have also been documented prostitution-related assaults with dangerous weapons, and sex trafficking activity within Waukesha County. Waukesha police […]
St. Johnsbury is a community of about 6,000 residents in northeastern Vermont. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city for years. For example, in February, 2013, a man was sentenced in U.S. District Court for arranging customers for prostituted women who would perform sex acts at various Vermont dairy farms on up […]
Wilton Manors is a city of approximately 11,000 residents located near Oakland Park in Broward County, FL. Prostitution and sex trafficking are documented problems in the city and throughout the county, generating complaints to police from individual residents and neighborhood associations. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and […]
Jackson Township (alternately referred to as Jackson) is a community of approximately 59,000 residents, located near Freehold Township and Asbury Park in Ocean County, New Jersey. Although local law enforcement do not appear to have conducted traditional “reverse” stings in the township, the Jackson Township Police Department has conducted an anti-prostitution investigation in September 2013 […]
Gary is a city of about 68,000 residents, located in northwestern Indiana. It may be characterized as an industrial outer suburb of the greater Chicago metro region, and has lost nearly a third of its population between 2000 and 2020. Prostitution has been a longstanding problem in Gary, and cases of sex trafficking, child endangerment, and […]
Oliver Springs is a town of approximately 3,300 residents, located near Harriman in eastern Tennessee and occupying parts of Anderson, Morgan, and Roane counties. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the town. Among the more serious issues associated with the town’s commercial sex market is child sexual exploitation and child sex […]
Springfield is a census-designated place of approximately 33,000 residents, located in Fairfax County, Virginia in the suburbs of Washington, DC. 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 to law enforcement agencies from […]
Kirkland is a city of approximately 92,000 residents in King County, WA. It is considered a suburb of Seattle and is located on the east side of Lake Washington. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city. These activities and their ancillary crimes have generated complaints to local law enforcement from residents and […]
Tempe is a city of approximately 190,000 residents, situated between Phoenix and Mesa in Maricopa County, Arizona. Like its neighbors, the city has experienced widespread and persistent problems with prostitution and sex trafficking (particularly of minors). Between 2012 and early 2013, police had shut down 24 businesses for violating prostitution ordinances, most of which were massage […]
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