Lakehurst is a borough of approximately 3,000 residents, located along the New Jersey shore in Ocean County. In August 2007, Lakehurst police received an anonymous tip suggesting that employees at one of the borough’s massage parlors were engaging in acts of prostitution. Officers began an investigation that culminated in the arrest of seven sex buyers. Police […]
Lake Elsinore is a city of approximately 66,000 residents, located south of Riverside near Temecula in Riverside County, California. Residents and local law enforcement have reported problems with both street-level and indoor prostitution and sex trafficking in the city for many years. In addition, Lake Elsinore has served as the operating base for at least one […]
Lake Delton is a village of approximately 3,500 residents, located in the Dells area of Wisconsin. Prostitution and prostitution-related violence have been documented in the city. 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 […]
Lake County has approximately 700,000 residents and is located in the northeastern corner of Illinois. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been known to occur in the county; for example, in November 2012 one of three men involved in a Lake County human trafficking investigation pleaded guilty. The Lake County Sheriff’s Department has conducted several street-level […]
Lahaina, with about 13,000 residents, is the largest census-designated place (CDP) in Maui County, HI. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems on the islands in general, and in Maui specifically. To address the consumer level demand that motivates all sex trafficking, demand-reduction tactics have been implemented locally. In 2007, the Maui County Police Department […]
Lafayette is a city of approximately 127,000 residents, located an hour west of Baton Rouge, LA. It is the government seat of Lafayette Parish, LA. Prostitution and related activity have been well-documented in the cities and surrounding areas. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies […]
La Mesa is a city of approximately 61,000 residents, located in San Diego County, about nine miles east of Downtown San Diego in Southern California. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the city and the surrounding areas for decades, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from […]
Knoxville is a city with approximately 187,000 residents, located in Knox County in eastern Tennessee. Prostitution is a persistent and visible problem in the area, and the city is known by federal and state investigators to be on domestic and international sex trafficking circuits. The city has also served as the operating base for at […]
Kissimmee is a city of approximately 80,000 residents situated near Orlando, FL, in Osceola County, FL. Prostitution and sex trafficking are persistent and visible problems in the city and in surrounding communities. Among the more serious crimes associated with the commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. For example, in November of 2013, an Osceola […]
Kingston is a city of approximately 24,000 residents, located north of Poughkeepsie and Newburgh, and is the county seat of Ulster County, New York. Prostitution has posed chronic and persistent problems in the community for several years. In addition, a prostituted woman was murdered in Kingston after being hit and dragged by a vehicle driven […]
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