Arlington Heights is a municipality of approximately 75,000 residents, located in the suburbs of Chicago in Cook County and Lake County, Illinois. Prostitution activity has been reported in the community for at least two decades. Since at least 2015, local law enforcement have incorporated demand-reduction tactics into their anti-prostitution efforts. In September 2015, for example, […]
Pitt County is a county of approximately 180,000 residents in eastern North Carolina. Greenville is the county seat and largest city. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county, and has been linked to child sex trafficking and online exploitation. To combat the demand for commercial sex activity, reverse stings have been conducted […]
Shelbyville is a city of approximately 24,000 residents, located in central Tennessee’s Bedford County south of Murfreesboro. On at least one occasion, local law enforcement have launched an investigation to identify and arrest sex buyers in the community. In July 2016, the Shelbyville Police Department announced the completion of a web sting targeting johns. Officers […]
Madison is a city with approximately 4,900 residents, in Morgan County, Georgia, near Covington. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city, surrounding communities, and in other 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. Consumer-level demand provides […]
Canaan is a town of just under 4,000 residents, located in New Hampshire’s Grafton County near Lebanon. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented in the area. Local law enforcement has conducted operations aimed at curtailing demand for prostitution. For example, in April 2016, Canaan Police Department officers arrested three men following an investigation into […]
Lebanon is a city of approximately 13,700 residents, located along the Vermont border in Grafton County, New Hampshire near Hanover and Canaan. Prostitution and sex trafficking are documented problems in the city and throughout the region, and among the responses are those targeting consumer level demand for commercial sex. For example, in June, 2016, Lebanon […]
Grand Traverse County is a county of approximately 96,000 residents, located in northern coastal Michigan. Traverse City is the county seat and largest community. Cases of prostitution and commercial sexual exploitation have been documented locally. Among the responses to these problems are police operations targeting consumer-level demand, which drives all prostitution and sex trafficking markets. […]
Simpsonville is a city of about 25,000 residents, located in Greenville County, South Carolina near Mauldin. On at least one occasion, local law enforcement have employed demand-reduction tactics to combat prostitution locally. In May 2016, Simpsonville Police and Greenville County Sheriff’s Deputies arrests 26 male sex buyers (along with 28 sexually exploited persons) in a […]
Goose Creek is a city of roughly 46,000 residents, located northwest of North Charleston in Berkeley County, SC. As in the neighboring communities of Ladson, Hanahan and Summerville, the city has reported problems with chronic street prostitution activity in certain areas. Among the more serious issues associated with the city’s commercial sex market is international […]
Scottsdale is a city of approximately 255,000 residents, located in Maricopa County, Arizona near Phoenix and Mesa. Prostitution activity, including cases of sex trafficking of both minors and adults, has been documented in the community for several decades. Incidents of targeted assaults on individuals selling sex have also been documented locally. In their efforts to […]
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