Atlanta, home to about 500,000 residents, is the capital of Georgia and the county seat of Fulton County. Atlanta was one of the “early adopters” of tactics used to combat demand for commercial sex. The city has been a pioneer in public education and awareness campaigns focused on demand for trafficked sex and prostitution. Reverse […]
Athens is a city of approximately 127,000 residents, located 70 miles east of Atlanta in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-established problems in the area, exacerbated by the proximity to Atlanta, a key hub in domestic and international sex trafficking circuits in the U.S. According to a supervisor within the Athens-Clarke County […]
Athens is a city of about 27,000 residents located along Interstate 65 in northern Alabama, north of Birmingham and near Huntsville. It is the county seat of Limestone County. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in […]
Ashtabula, Ohio is a city of about 18,000 residents. It is on the southeast shore of Lake Erie, about midway between Cleveland, Ohio and Erie, Pennsylvania. At least seven street-level reverse stings have occurred in Ashtabula, between 2006 and 2015, in response to complaints from the community. Following each operation, the Ashtabula Police Department released […]
Ashland is a city of about 21,000 residents located at the northeastern tip of Kentucky along the Ohio and West Virginia borders, near Huntington. Ashland is the largest city in Boyd County. At least one reverse sting has been conducted there, leading to the arrest of two sex buyers. The operation, conducted at street level, […]
Ashland, a small city of about 21,000 residents, is located in Jackson County along the Interstate 5 corridor in Southwestern Oregon. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city. Among the more serious crimes associated with the area’s commercial sex market is child sexual exploitation. Local law enforcement agencies have targeted consumer-level demand […]
Asheville is a city of roughly 94,000 residents in western North Carolina, in Buncombe County. Local prostitution generates numerous complaints to police and is linked to a number of other serious crimes, including child endangerment, assault, and homicide. Street-level and web-based reverse stings have occurred in Asheville since at least 2004, according to police surveyed […]
Asbury Park is a city of about 15,000 residents located in Monmouth County in northern New Jersey, on the Atlantic shore. Prostitution is a well-known problem in the city, and is the subject of tips and complaints to police. Sex trafficking has also been well-documented locally. Since consumer-level demand is the primary source of all […]
Arnold is a small town of about 5,000 residents located in Westmoreland County in western Pennsylvania, just north of Pittsburgh. Prostitution has been documented in the city back at least to the early 1960s. This activity and its ancillary crimes has resulted in complaints to local law enforcement from residents and businesses. Among the more […]
Arvada is a city of 123,000 residents in Northern Colorado and is a suburb of Denver, CO. The city lies in both Jefferson County, CO and Adam County, CO. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city for over decades. This activity and its ancillary crimes have resulted in complaints to local law […]
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