Shenandoah is a county of about 45,000 residents in northern Virginia. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented local problems. To curtail prostitution markets in the county, and respond to citizen complaints, police have used tactics to combat consumer-level demand. The Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office has participated in undercover operations headed by the Mount Jackson Police […]
Bellevue is a suburb of about 150,000 residents in King County, WA. It is located across Lake Washington from Seattle. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city and have generated, in addition to complaints to police from the community, an array of serious felonies such as robbery, weapons offenses, and serial rapists […]
Lennox is a census-designated place of approximately 22,500 residents, in southeastern Los Angeles County, CA, near the cities of Inglewood and Hawthorne. The community has reported chronic problems with prostitution for several decades. At least one serial killer targeting prostituted women has also operated in Lennox. To address these and other crimes arising from the […]
Durant is a community of about 19,000 residents in southern Oklahoma, near Texas. Sex trafficking and prostitution are well-documented problems in the city. Among the responses to these problems have been efforts to combat demand for commercial sex. In March 2014, 19 people were booked into the Bryan County Jail after being arrested for human trafficking […]
Cherokee County is located in eastern Alabama, near the Georgia border, and has a population of about 25,000. 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 response. For example, in March, 2014, law enforcement responded […]
Clarksburg is a city of about 16,000 residents located in the northwest portion of of West Virginia, in Harrison County near Morgantown. Prostitution has been identified as a substantial problem in the city, particularly in the form of prostitution rings and other indoor prostitution. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and […]
Bethlehem Township is a township of approximately 25,000 residents, located in the suburbs of Bethlehem in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. As in the neighboring communities of Palmer Township, Hanover Township, and Easton, Bethlehem Township has reported problems related to prostitution– particularly with commercial sex activity occurring at local motels and hotels. There has also been at […]
Copiague is a hamlet of approximately 23,000 residents located within the city of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York. Like the neighboring communities of Amityville and Lindenhurst, Copiague has reported problems related to prostitution and has conducted both indoor and street-level stings for several decades. In the late 1980s, Copiague was among the first handful […]
Brookhaven is a town of over 480,000 residents, located in central Suffolk County on Long Island, New York. It includes the hamlets Coram, Gordon Heights, Holtsville, Mastic, and North Bellport. Like most of Long Island, the town has reported prostitution activity arranged mainly through websites such as Backpage and Craigslist, and/or occurring in some sexually-oriented […]
Cherry Hill is a township of about 71,000 residents, located southeast of Philadelphia in Camden County, New Jersey. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the community and in surrounding areas. For example, in March 2014, a man was arrested and charged with human trafficking for allegedly keeping women captive at a Cherry Hill motel […]
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