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Kissimmee is a city of approximately 80,000 residents situated near Orlando, FL, in Osceola County, FL. Prostitution and sex trafficking are persistent and visible problems in the city and in surrounding communities. Among the more serious crimes associated with the commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. For example, in November of 2013, an Osceola […]
Kingsport is a city of approximately 56,000 residents, located along the northeast border of Tennessee. The city occupies parts of both Sullivan and Hawkins counties. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within Kingsport and elsewhere in Sullivan County in particular, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from […]
King County is a county of approximately 2.3 million residents. Its largest city and county seat is Seattle, WA. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented as serious and longstanding problems in the county. These activities and their ancillary crimes have generated complaints to local law enforcement from residents and businesses. Additionally, King County has […]
Inglewood is a city of about 106,000 residents, located just south of Los Angeles near Hawthorne in Los Angeles County, CA. Prostitution is a substantial problem in the city, and police have used a number of demand-reduction tactics in an attempt to control it and to prevent sex trafficking. The Inglewood Police Department has frequently […]
Indianapolis, Indiana is a city with a population of approximately 882,000. It is the capital of, and most populous city in, Indiana and also serves as the seat of Marion County. For decades, residents, businesses, police, and others have recognized the city’s substantial prostitution problem, and its links to other crimes, including sex trafficking of […]
Howard County contains approximately 335,000 residents, and is situated in central Maryland between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The Howard County Police Department (HCPD) frequently conducts reverse stings at specific locations within the county, and for descriptions of HCPD-led stings in Columbia, Elkridge, Jessup, Laurel, and North Laurel, see individual site pages. Countywide anti-demand efforts began […]
Houston is one of the largest cities in the United States, with over 2.3 million residents, located in Harris County, TX. The large metropolis extends to Galveston Bay in the Gulf of Mexico. Commercial sex continues to occur in a wide variety of venues including streets, hotels, and nightclubs, and storefront brothels (such as nail salons and […]
Horry County is a county along the northeast coast of South Carolina, approximately 100 miles north of Charleston. It has approximately 351,000 residents, with its population concentrated around the cities of Conway and Myrtle Beach. This activity and its ancillary crimes have resulted in in complaints from residents and businesses to local law enforcement. Among the […]
Honolulu is Hawaii’s largest city with a population of over 330,000 residents, and is located on the island of Oahu. Prostitution has been a visible and persistent problem in the city for decades, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. Sex trafficking has also become a growing concern in recent years with numerous adult and child […]
Holyoke is a city of approximately 37,500 residents, located just north of Springfield in Massachusetts in Hampden County. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. Reports of illegal brothels in Holyoke date back to the early 1900s. Contemporary sex trade activity and the problems […]
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