Elk City is a city of approximately 12,000 residents, situated along Interstate 40 and Route 66 in Western Oklahoma’s Beckham County. It is roughly equidistant between Oklahoma City and Amarillo, Texas. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented problems in the city for decades. For example, in 1986, agents of the FBI and Internal Revenue […]
Madera is a city of approximately 66,000 residents, located roughly equidistant between Fresno and Merced, along Route 99 in central California. Local residents have reported street prostitution and other criminal activities occurring in certain neighborhoods (particularly on and around the city’s C Street) for over two decades, but it appears that the Madera Police Department […]
Romeoville is a village of approximately 40,000 residents, located southwest of Chicago near Joliet in Will County, Illinois. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in the city, and have generated complaints to police from residents. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted […]
Naples is a city of approximately 22,000 residents located near Fort Myers in Collier County, Florida. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-established problems in Naples and the surrounding communities, generating complaints to the police. The area has also had documented cases of assault and battery committed against prostituted women. Reverse Stings and Identity Disclosure: To combat […]
Murfreesboro is a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee and has a population of over 158,000. It is the county seat of Rutherford County. Prostitution rings and hotel-based prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in the city, and to generate complaints to police. In one case, a pimp shot a man and was seized in […]
Lee County is a county of approximately 788,000 residents, containing the cities of Fort Myers, North Fort Myers, Tice and Bonita Springs. Situated along Florida’s southwest coast, including in Lee County, and residents and businesses have reported numerous problems related to prostitution and sex trafficking along major highways, interstates, and motels for decades. Serious problems are […]
Logan County is a county of approximately 32,000 residents, located in rural West Virginia. Logan is its county seat and largest city. Prostitution has been a persistent problem in the area for decades, and has generated complaints to police as well as police activity. Traffickers have also working through the area, along trucking routes, and […]
Waukesha is a city of approximately 71,000 residents, located in southeastern Wisconsin. The city is known to have prostitution issue over the past 10 years, particularly hotel-based prostitution advertised via the internet, generating complaints to police. There have also been documented prostitution-related assaults with dangerous weapons, and sex trafficking activity within Waukesha County. Waukesha police […]
Merrillville is a city of approximately 36,000 residents, located near Lake County, in northwest Indiana, near Gary. Prostitution has been reported in the city, occurring at the street level and within certain businesses (such as massage parlors). In May 2011, Merrillville drew media attention when “Indiana federal prosecutors alleged that three brothers in Indiana and […]
Wausau is a city of approximately 40,000 residents, located in Marathon County in central Wisconsin. Despite its modest small size, the city has reports of prostitution arrests dating back to 1953, and has twice drawn national media attention (first in the late 1980s and again in the summer of 2011) for its association with domestic […]
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