Hanahan is a city of approximately 21,000 residents, located just north of Charleston in Berkeley County, SC. Incidents of street prostitution, and cases of prostitution-related homicide, have been documented locally. Local law enforcement have taken steps to reduce prostitution activity by targeting demand. In response to citizens’ complaints, for example, the Hanahan Police Department and […]
Northwood is a city of approximately 5,000 residents, located just outside of Toledo in Wood County, Ohio. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city and surrounding areas. To combat demand for commercial sex, at least three reverse stings have occurred in the city. For example, in February and March 2013, officers from […]
Union City is a city of approximately 70,000 residents, located on the eastern coast of the San Francisco Bay near Hayward and Fremont in Alameda County, California. Like its neighbors, the city has reported problems with prostitution in certain neighborhoods and within “adult-oriented businesses.” In April 2013, the Union City Police Department and Alameda County […]
Woburn is a small city of approximately 41,000 residents, located just north of Boston in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. In the time of the early 2010s, residents and local law enforcement agencies reported a spike in internet-based prostitution in the area transacted in local hotels and residences. Sex trafficking is known to occur in the city […]
Monroe is a city of approximately 48,000 residents, located in Ouachita Parish in northern Louisiana. Prostitution and child sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city and surrounding areas, generating complaints to police and some cases involving drug offenses and violence among people in prostitution transactions. In an effort to reduce prostitution activity and related […]
West Monroe is a city of approximately 12,400 residents, located in Ouachita Parish in northern Louisiana. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in the city. For example, in 2002 a woman was charged with enticing a juvenile under the age of 18 to travel in interstate commerce to engage in sexual activity; using […]
Portage Township is a community of approximately 1,000 residents, located in Ottawa County in northwest Ohio. There has been at least one reverse sting conducted in the township. In March 2013, the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the Wood County Sheriff’s Office, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, and the FBI’s […]
Cypress is a city of approximately 50,000 residents located in Orange County, California near Anaheim, Garden Grove, Long Beach, Stanton, and Buena Park. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas. This activity and its ancillary crimes have generated residential complaints to local law enforcement. Among the more […]
Thibodaux is a city of approximately 15,000 residents, located in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, about 15 miles northwest of Houma. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the city, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, […]
Fontana is a city of approximately 211,000 residents located in San Bernardino County, California. Like law enforcement agencies in neighboring Ontario and San Bernardino, the Fontana Police Department has identified areas of the city where street prostitution is visible and chronic. To address the issue, the FPD has conducted periodic street-level reverse stings since at […]
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