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Lealman is a census-designated place of approximately 22,000 residents, located in the suburbs of St. Petersburg in Pinellas County, Florida. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Pinellas County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates (such as drug offenses) results in complaints […]
Lakeland is a city of approximately 115,000 residents, located between Tampa and Orlando in Polk County, FL. Prostitution has been a persistent and visible problem in the area for decades. The Lakeland Police Department has adopted several tactics to identify and apprehend sex buyers and sellers. Beginning in 1988, Lakeland officers have incorporated street-level reverse […]
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 […]
Kingsport is a city of approximately 56,000 residents, located along the northeast border of Tennessee. The city occupies parts of both Sullivan and Hawkins counties. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within Kingsport and elsewhere in Sullivan County in particular, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from […]
Henrico County is a county of approximately 334,000 residents located in central Virginia, and its population center is the city of Richmond. Prostitution is a visible and persistent problem in the areas surrounding Richmond, including cases of human trafficking for sexual exploitation of children, and of adults through the use of force. To deter sex […]
Fort Pierce is a city of about 47,000 located in southeastern Florida. Prostitution, sex trafficking, and violence associated with commercial sex have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas for decades. For example, a man with a history of sexual deviancy spanning five years was arrested in July 2021 on murder charges. The man […]
Dothan is located in the southeastern corner of Alabama, with a population of approximately 71,000. It is the government seat of Houston County. Sex trafficking and prostitution have been well-documented problems in the city for many years. Included in the range of local responses to these problems have been the use of tactics targeting consumer […]
Delray Beach is a city of 68,000, located along the southeastern coast of Florida in Palm Beach County. Prostitution, occurring both at street-level and within adult-oriented businesses, has posed serious problems in the community for several decades. For example, in February 2018, two Delray Beach men were arrested and faced human-trafficking charges after city police […]
Daytona Beach is a city of approximately 74,000 residents, located an hour north of Orlando in Volusia County, Florida. Commercial sex activity has posed considerable problems in the community for several decades, and has been linked to cases of suspected sex trafficking, incidents of child endangerment, and targeted sexual assaults and homicides of prostituted persons. The […]
Dayton is a city of approximately 140,000 residents, located 50 miles north of Cincinnati in Montgomery County, Ohio. Numerous crimes associated with the local commercial sex market have been documented in the city for decades, including illicit drug offenses, targeted homicides, assault, and rape of prostituted people, and the sex trafficking of children. Sex buyers have […]
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