West Greenwich is a town of just over 6,300 residents, located in Kent County, Rhode Island near Warwick and Coventry. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have occurred in the community, and in response, local law enforcement has at times taken a proactive approach to curtail underlying demand for commercial sex. For example, in December 2015, […]
Coventry is a town of just over 35,000 residents, located in Kent County, Rhode Island near Warwick and West Greenwich. Although reports of prostitution and sex trafficking activity in the community appear limited, local law enforcement have taken a proactive approach to curtail underlying demand for commercial sex. For example, in December 2015, the Coventry […]
Marion is a small city of just under 8,000 residents, located in McDowell County, North Carolina, near Asheville. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the city, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Consumer-level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking and has […]
Machesney Park is a village of approximately 23,000 residents, situated in the suburbs of Rockford in Winnebago County, Illinois. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and 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 […]
Albertville is a city of approximately 22,000 residents, located in Alabama’s Marshall County northwest of Gadsden and southeast of Huntsville. Cases of prostitution and suspected sex trafficking have been reported in the community for more than a decade, with activities frequently occurring in indoor brothels. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution […]
Blair is a small city of about 8,000 residents, located in Washington County, Nebraska, north of Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa. Though prostitution reports in the community appear limited, at least two cases have been documented involving the arrests of adults for purchasing access to sexually abuse minors locally. In April 2004, Blair Police Department […]
Wallkill is a town of about 29,000 residents, located in southern New York’s Orange County near Poughkeepsie and Middletown. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the town have been well documented, and have resulted in complaints to the police by residents. In their efforts to reduce prostitution locally, law enforcement have staged multiple reverse stings in […]
Greensburg is a city of roughly 11,000 residents, located in south-central Indiana’s Decatur County. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county, and has generated community complaints to police as well as related crimes. For example, in September, 2012, Greensburg Police Department (GPD) officers shut […]
Mount Vernon is a city of approximately 17,000 residents and is the county seat of Knox County, Ohio, located northeast of Columbus. On at least one occasion, local law enforcement have launched an investigation to identify and arrest individuals attempting to purchase sex. In early June 2015, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest […]
Dorchester County is a county of about 163,000 residents, located northwest of Charleston in central South Carolina. It includes the communities of St. George, North Charleston, Summerville, and Ladson, among others. Prostitution has posed considerable problems in the county, and has been linked to many other crimes including sex trafficking, kidnapping, sexual assault, and homicide. […]
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