Rehoboth Beach is a city of about 1,000 residents, located along the Delaware Coast. As a coastal tourist destination, the local population swells dramatically during the summer months. Although reports of street prostitution appear limited, residents and law enforcement have noted problems with prostitution occurring within local massage parlors. To curtail this activity, Delaware State […]
Newark is a city of approximately 31,000 residents, located just southwest of Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware. Prostitution has been reported in the community for at least two decades, with activities frequently concentrated in and around local motels. Additionally, in 2012 Newark drew the attention of federal law enforcement when a man was arrested […]
Calcium is a hamlet and census-designated place of fewer than 5,000 residents, located in upstate New York’s Jefferson County near Watertown. The hamlet is in the town of Le Ray. In December 2014, following reports of prostitution at a hotel along Route 342 in Calcium, New York State Police launched an undercover investigation on the […]
Englewood is a city of just under 14,000 residents, located in the northern suburbs of Dayton, Ohio. As in Dayton and many other communities in surrounding Montgomery County, Englewood has reported problems with prostitution and sex trafficking for several years, with activities frequently arranged online and occurring in local hotels and motels. In February 2014, […]
Sidney is a small city of roughly 20,000 residents, located south of Lima in west-central Ohio’s Shelby County. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and surrounding areas, including a local massage parlor being shut down by the sheriff’s office after a human trafficking investigation. Among its efforts to reduce prostitution in […]
Alcoa is a small city of less than 10,000 residents, located south of Knoxville in Blount County, Tennessee. Local problems with prostitution, particularly occurring within adult-oriented businesses, have been reported in the community for over a decade. In 2002, for example, law enforcement dismantled a statewide prostitution ring operating out of several Blount County massage […]
Southington is a town of approximately 44,000 residents, situated near Waterbury and Meriden in Hartford County, Connecticut. In recent years, law enforcement and community members have reported problems with prostitution activity arranged online and occurring in and around local hotels and motels. Among the efforts to address local prostitution and sex trafficking of minors have […]
Redwood City is a city of approximately 82,000 residents, situated along the San Francisco Bay near San Jose and Palo Alto. It is the government seat of San Mateo County, CA. Prostitution and sex trafficking, occurring both at street-level and within adult-oriented businesses, have posed considerable problems to the community for decades. Among the more serious crimes associated […]
Pocola is a town of less than 4,500 residents in Eastern Oklahoma, located in Le Flore County, OK. The city is situated just south of Fort Smith, AR. Although incidents of prostitution in the community remain limited, law enforcement have in recent years reported an increase in commercial sex activity in and around the Choctaw Casino […]
Salina is a town of roughly 33,000 residents, situated in the northwest suburbs of Syracuse in Onondaga County, New York. Although many law enforcement efforts appear to target prostituted women and pimps (specifically those operating within adult-oriented businesses) rather than apprehending sex buyers, the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office has previously conducted at least one reverse […]
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