Macomb County is a county of approximately 881,000 residents, located north of Detroit in eastern Michigan. Local law enforcement have reported problems related to prostitution and sex trafficking in certain areas of the county, particularly Mount Clemens. At least one serial killer targeting prostituted women has operated in the county, murdering four young women whom […]
East Palatka is a census-designated place of fewer than 2,000 residents in northeastern Florida’s Putnam County. Law enforcement and local residents have noted problems with street prostitution in the city for decades; individuals attempting to purchase sex in the city have also reported being robbed. Sex trafficking has also been well documented locally. Consumer-level demand […]
Temecula is a city of about 111,000 residents, located near Lake Elsinore and Murrieta in Riverside County, California. Residents and local law enforcement have reported problems related to prostitution (particularly indoor prostitution)and sex trafficking in the city. Temecula has also served as the operating base for a serial rapist of prostituted women 2012-2013. In 2008, four […]
Wall Township is a township of approximately 26,000 residents, located near Asbury Park in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The township has reported problems related to prostitution occurring in and around local motels across decades. To address the issues, officers from the Wall Township Police Department and New Jersey State Police conducted a web-based reverse sting to […]
East Lampeter Township is a community in south-central Pennsylvania, near Lancaster in Lancaster County Its population is about 17,00. East Lampeter Township is one of the six suburbs that border the city, all sharing the same ZIP code with Lancaster. Prostitution and child sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the township. Prostitution has a long […]
Shenandoah is a county of about 45,000 residents in northern Virginia. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented local problems. To curtail prostitution markets in the county, and respond to citizen complaints, police have used tactics to combat consumer-level demand. The Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office has participated in undercover operations headed by the Mount Jackson Police […]
Bellevue is a suburb of about 150,000 residents in King County, WA. It is located across Lake Washington from Seattle. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city and have generated, in addition to complaints to police from the community, an array of serious felonies such as robbery, weapons offenses, and serial rapists […]
Lennox is a census-designated place of approximately 22,500 residents, in southeastern Los Angeles County, CA, near the cities of Inglewood and Hawthorne. The community has reported chronic problems with prostitution for several decades. At least one serial killer targeting prostituted women has also operated in Lennox. To address these and other crimes arising from the […]
Durant is a community of about 19,000 residents in southern Oklahoma, near Texas. Sex trafficking and prostitution are well-documented problems in the city. Among the responses to these problems have been efforts to combat demand for commercial sex. In March 2014, 19 people were booked into the Bryan County Jail after being arrested for human trafficking […]
Cherokee County is located in eastern Alabama, near the Georgia border, and has a population of about 25,000. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law enforcement agencies as a strategy for prevention and response. For example, in March, 2014, law enforcement responded […]
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