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 […]
Knoxville is a city with approximately 187,000 residents, located in Knox County in eastern Tennessee. Prostitution is a persistent and visible problem in the area, and the city is known by federal and state investigators to be on domestic and international sex trafficking circuits. The city has also served as the operating base for at […]
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 […]
Killeen is a central Texas city of approximately 145,690 residents within Bell County, TX and lies about halfway between Austin and Waco. The economy of Killeen depends largely on Fort Hood, a military base that employs the majority of city’s residents that is located within three miles of the city. Prostitution and sex trafficking of […]
Kansas City, Kansas is a city on the northeastern border of the Kansas state, with a population of about 153,000 residents. It is the third largest city in the state of Kansas and is the largest city and seat of Wyandotte County, KS. Given the structure of the twin cities of Kansas City, Kansas and […]
Kalamazoo is a city of approximately 76,000 residents, located in southwestern Michigan. Like their neighbors in nearby Battle Creek, Kalamazoo residents have reported an increase in commercial sex activity in recent years. A number of serious crimes and other problems are associated with the local commercial sex market. For example, child sex trafficking and the […]
Johnston is a town in Rhode Island with a population of about 29,000, located just west of Providence. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been reported in the town for several years; cases of prostitution-related homicide have also been documented. Among their efforts to reduce commercial sex sales in the community, the Johnston Police Department […]
Johnson City is a city of approximately 71,000 residents, located in Washington County in northeastern Tennessee. 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 result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. […]
Jersey City contains approximately 284,000 residents and lies within the New York City metro area, situated between Newark and Manhattan in Hudson County. Prostitution, sex trafficking, and prostitution-related violence (including the serial homicide of prostituted women, and the robbery and assault of sex buyers) have been identified as substantial problems in the city and throughout […]
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