Loves Park is a city of about 23,000 residents in northern Illinois, located mostly in Winnebago County but with a tiny sliver in Boone County. The city is part of the Rockford Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and drug use have been documented in the city. Although no proactive reverse stings targeting demand have been conducted […]
Edwardsville is a city of about 25,000 residents in southwestern Illinois. It is the county seat of Madison County and a suburb northeast of St. Louis. Prostitution has been documented in the city, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. For example, in September 2017 a man was arrested in Florissant and charged with armed robbery […]
Munising is a city in Alger County, Michigan, and had a population of just under 2,000 at the 2020 census. It serves as the government seat of Alger County. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented throughout the Upper Peninsula region of Michigan. Among the efforts to combat these and related crimes have been […]
Lamar County is located in southern Mississippi, and as of the 2020 census, its population was approximately 63,000. The county’s government seat is the city of Purvis. Part of the city of Hattiesburg also lies within Lamar County (most is within Forrest County), and part of the city of Lumberton is within the county (the […]
DeKalb is a city of about 43,000 residents in northern Illinois, located in DeKalb County roughly 60 miles west of Chicago. Prostitution has been documented in the city, resulting in complaints to law enforcement. For example, in 2011 an attorney was charged with prostitution after allegations she had sex in exchange for supplies for her […]
Purvis is a U.S. city in, and the county seat, of Lamar County, Mississippi. It has a population of roughly 2,200, and it is part of the Hattiesburg Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas, including Hattiesburg and Purvis. This activity and the problems and […]
Caseyville is a village of about 4,000 residents in southwestern Illinois, located just east of St. Louis in St. Clair County. Prostitution has been documented in the village, resulting in complaints to law enforcement, and other crimes related to the sex trade, such as child endangerment, have also occurred in the city. For example, in […]
Camarillo is a city in Ventura County, California, with a population of approximately 69,000. The county has had well-documented, widespread problems with sex trafficking and prostitution for decades, and the local sex trade has inevitably involved a wide range of other serious crimes crimes. The city of Camarillo is no exception. For example, in November, […]
Madison County is a county of approximately 260,000 residents in southwestern Illinois, right across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. Its county seat is Edwardsville, and the largest city is Granite City. The city of Alton in Madison County has been known to use demand-reduction tactics frequently to fight prostitution. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity […]
Wyomissing is a borough in Berks County, located in southeastern Pennsylvania, that has a population of about 11,000. Prostitution has been a persistent and visible problems in the area, generating numerous complaints to police for years. For example, in October, 2012, Berks County detectives and Wyomissing police raided a local day spa and arrested a […]
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