Monroe is a city of approximately 48,000 residents, located in Ouachita Parish in northern Louisiana. Prostitution and child sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city and surrounding areas, generating complaints to police and some cases involving drug offenses and violence among people in prostitution transactions. In an effort to reduce prostitution activity and related […]
West Monroe is a city of approximately 12,400 residents, located in Ouachita Parish in northern Louisiana. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in the city. For example, in 2002 a woman was charged with enticing a juvenile under the age of 18 to travel in interstate commerce to engage in sexual activity; using […]
Portage Township is a community of approximately 1,000 residents, located in Ottawa County in northwest Ohio. There has been at least one reverse sting conducted in the township. In March 2013, the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the Wood County Sheriff’s Office, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, and the FBI’s […]
Cypress is a city of approximately 50,000 residents located in Orange County, California near Anaheim, Garden Grove, Long Beach, Stanton, and Buena Park. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated residential complaints to local law enforcement. Among the more […]
Thibodaux is a city of approximately 15,000 residents, located in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, about 15 miles northwest of Houma. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the city, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, […]
Fontana is a city of approximately 211,000 residents located in San Bernardino County, California. Like law enforcement agencies in neighboring Ontario and San Bernardino, the Fontana Police Department has identified areas of the city where street prostitution is visible and chronic. To address the issue, the FPD has conducted periodic street-level reverse stings since at […]
Winchester is a city of approximately 19,000 residents, located 25 miles east of Lexington in Clark County, Kentucky. Residents and business owners have complained of the detrimental effects of prostitution on their neighborhoods and businesses. In an effort to reduce street prostitution in the city, the Winchester Police Department (WPD) conducted a reverse sting in […]
Wake Forest is a town of approximately 30,000 residents, located just north of Raleigh in North Carolina. Although prostitution activity is reported to be fairly relatively in the town, officers from the Wake Forest Police Department (WFPD) contend that prostitution is often associated with serious crimes such as rape and assault. The WFPD has proactively […]
Cape Canaveral is a city of approximately 10,000 residents, located in Brevard County on a barrier island along Florida’s east coast. It is perhaps best known as the NASA launch site of several Kennedy Space Center missions. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints […]
Linthicum, also known as Linthicum Heights, is an unincorporated community of approximately 10,000 residents, located near Baltimore Washington International Airport in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is part of a cluster of communities along the Route 295 corridor with substantial prostitution activity, and a correspondingly high level of law enforcement activity meant to deter and respond to prostitution and […]
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