Lugoff is a small, census-designated place of about 9,000 residents, situated in Kershaw County, South Carolina, northeast of Columbia. In late July 2015, the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office staged a web-based reverse sting at a Lugoff hotel. Undercover officers placed decoy advertisements suggesting prostitution, and arranged to meet the individuals who responded to the listing […]
Lilburn is a small city of just over 15,000 residents, located in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, in Gwinnett County, Georgia, near Norcross and Lawrenceville. Cases of prostitution and the sex trafficking of minors, as well as cases of minors being exploited for money in adult-oriented businesses (e.g., strip clubs), are well-documented in the community […]
Oshkosh is a city of roughly 67,000 residents, located in Wisconsin’s Winnebago County south of Appleton. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been reported in the community since at least the 1970s, if not earlier. In their efforts to reduce commercial sex and related crimes locally, the Oshkosh Police Department have conducted reverse stings. In […]
St. Peter is a small city of roughly 12,000 residents, located in south-central Minnesota’s Nicollet County, near Mankato and New Ulm. In July 2015, a coalition of law enforcement agencies, led by the Nicollet County Sheriff’s Office and including the St. Peter Police Department, launched a two-stage reverse sting in St. Peter and New Ulm. […]
New Ulm is a small city of about 14,000 residents located in southern Minnesota’s Brown County near Mankato and St. Peter. In July 2015, a coalition of law enforcement agencies, led by the Nicollet County Sheriff’s Office and including the New Ulm Police Department, launched a two-stage reverse sting in New Ulm and St. Peter. Over a […]
Parker is a town and home rule municipality of approximately 60,000 residents, located in Colorado’s Douglas County about an hour’s drive southeast of Denver. Prostitution activity, at times involving minors, has been reported in the community for at least five years. In at least one instance, a local prostitution ring involving minors was linked to larger […]
Stratford is a town of approximately 52,000 residents, located in southern coastal Connecticut’s Fairfield County. As in the neighboring communities of Bridgeport and Milford, prostitution activity has been reported in the town for several years. It has also been linked to an array of violent crimes, including sex trafficking of minors, robberies and assaults on […]
Worthington is a small city of roughly 14,000 residents, located in southern Minnesota’s Nobles County. In 2015, the Executive Director of the Southwest Crisis Center confirmed that youth sexual exploitation and sex trafficking had occurred in southwest Minnesota in the past year, including in Nobles County. Among efforts to reduce prostitution in the community, local […]
Mason City is a city of approximately 27,000 residents, located in north-central Iowa’s Cerro Gordo County, about 80 miles northwest of Waterloo. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents […]
Chicopee is a city of roughly 55,000 residents, situated along the Connecticut River in south-central Massachusetts’ Hampden County, near Springfield. Among their efforts to curtail prostitution and sex trafficking locally, the Chicopee Police Department has conducted reverse stings targeting sex buyers. For example, in early June 2015, a collaborative operation was conducted by CPD officers, […]
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