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Ouachita Parish has a population of just over 159,000 residents, and is located in northern Louisiana. In addition to city-level efforts in the parish’s largest communities (Monroe and West Monroe), the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office occasionally conducts anti-prostitution operations in the area. Complaints from the residents and businesses within the area have played a role […]
Orem is a community in Utah, about 30 miles south of Salt Lake City along Interstate 15, near Provo. Orem has a population of roughly 98,000. Prostitution activity, as well as cases of solicitation and the commercial sexual exploitation of minors, have been reported in the community for more than 40 years. Consumer level demand […]
Oakland is a city of approximately 434,000 residents, located just east of San Francisco on the San Francisco Bay. While there are areas of affluence, most of the city can be described as working class to poor; in 2007, 17% of city residents lived below the poverty line. The city’s economy has been particularly hard […]
Norwich is a city of approximately 40,000 residents, located just north of New London in Connecticut. Prostituted-related kidnappings, assaults, and homicides have been well-documented in the city. For example, in 2002 a mother of two young children was strangled to death by a male sex buyer. To curb prostitution activity in the city, the Norwich […]
Norwalk is a city of approximately 91,000 residents, located between Darien and Westport in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Situated at the juncture of U.S. Route 7 & Interstate 95, the city has dealt with persistent and visible prostitution activity along its major roads for more than four decades. Local forced prostitution and child sex trafficking cases have […]
North Palm Beach is a small city on Florida’s east coast, in Palm Beach County, FL. The city is located north of Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach and, as of 2019, has a population of approximately 13,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city and region. Consumer-level demand provides the […]
Norfolk is a waterfront city in southeastern Virginia that has a population of approximately 245,000, and is home to a massive naval base on Chesapeake Bay. The city has had substantial, well-documented prostitution activity for decades, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the […]
Newburgh is a city of approximately 29,000 residents, located 60 miles north of New York City, near Poughkeepsie in Orange County, New York. Street prostitution and sex trafficking have posed significant problems for the city for at least four decades. Among the more serious problems resulting from the local sex trade has been the murder of […]
New Haven is the second largest city in Connecticut, with a population of roughly 135,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified as substantial problems in the city for decades. Among the more serious problems associated with the local commercial sex market are child sex trafficking and the targeted homicide of prostituted women. For example, […]
National City, a city of about 56,000 residents near San Diego, has long been known for having a substantial problem with prostitution, particularly along a “strip” that crosses into San Diego. The National City Police Department (NCPD) began focusing on combating demand in the 1980s by conducting reverse stings. Knowing that the strip and its […]
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