Little Rock is the capital and largest city in Arkansas, with approximately 202,000 residents. Prostitution has been a persistent and visible problem in the city for decades, and has generated a wide range of crimes associated with commercial sex activity, including child and adult sex trafficking, drug trafficking, weapons offenses, homicide (including the targeting of […]
Leyden Township is a community of approximately 91,000 residents, located northwest of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. Prostitution has been a persistent and visible problem in the Mannheim Road area for years. In an effort to identify and apprehend sex buyers, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office has incorporated the use of street-level reverse stings. Police […]
Lansing is the capital of Michigan. It is the state’s fifth-largest city, with approximately 113,000 residents. For decades, community members have complained about commercial sex and related crimes in the city – including sex trafficking – with the majority of activities often clustered around the Kalamazoo Street corridor. To address these issues, the Lansing Police […]
Lakeland is a city of approximately 115,000 residents, located between Tampa and Orlando in Polk County, FL. Prostitution has been a persistent and visible problem in the area for decades. The Lakeland Police Department has adopted several tactics to identify and apprehend sex buyers and sellers. Beginning in 1988, Lakeland officers have incorporated street-level reverse […]
Lake County has approximately 700,000 residents and is located in the northeastern corner of Illinois. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been known to occur in the county; for example, in November 2012 one of three men involved in a Lake County human trafficking investigation pleaded guilty. The Lake County Sheriff’s Department has conducted several street-level […]
Lafayette is a city of approximately 127,000 residents, located an hour west of Baton Rouge, LA. It is the government seat of Lafayette Parish, LA. Prostitution and related activity have been well-documented in the cities and surrounding areas. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies […]
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 […]
Kansas City, Missouri is a city of approximately 508,000 residents located in Jackson County, MO. The city and surrounding areas have had well documented problems with prostitution and sex trafficking for many decades. Given the structure of the twin cities of Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, MO, many of the police operations and other […]
Jackson is a city of about 68,000 residents in western Tennessee, situated along Interstate 40. Residents, neighborhood organizations, and law enforcement have identified prostitution as a substantial problem in the city, and sex trafficking has occurred in the city. For example, in December 2018, a man received a 20-year sentence and was required to pay […]
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