Taunton is a city of roughly 60,000 residents, located in Massachusetts’ Bristol County south of Boston and Brockton and just northeast of Fall River and Providence, Rhode Island. Prostitution has posed chronic and visible problems in the community for several years, and has generated numerous complaints to law enforcement and city officials. In addition, the city has […]
Tampa is a city of approximately 400,000 residents situated on the Gulf coast of Florida and serves as the government seat of Hillsborough County. The city and the surrounding areas of the county are known to have substantial activity in sex trafficking and prostitution, which generates a wide range of related crimes, including cases of […]
Tallahassee is the state capital of Florida, as well as the government seat of Leon County, FL. The city has a population of approximately 196,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by law enforcement as pervasive problems in the city, in addition to residential complaints to police regarding prostitution activity in certain neighborhoods. […]
Tacoma is a city in Washington state of approximately 220,000 residents, located in Southern Puget Sound, near Seattle, WA in Pierce County, WA. The city has been known to have prevalent prostitution, sex trafficking, and related crimes such as drug trafficking and assault. Tacoma police reported that they had received about 2,000 prostitution-related calls for […]
Syracuse is a city of approximately 146,000 residents, located in Onondaga County in upstate New York. Prostitution and sex trafficking have posed persistent and visible problems in the area for decades. Among the issues reported are several documented cases of sex trafficking of both minors and adults, and multiple cases of targeted rape and murder […]
Sylmar is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles with a population of approximately 95,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by law enforcement as substantial problems in the district for decades. To address the issue, the Los Angeles Police Department has conducted street-level reverse stings since […]
Swatara Township is a community of approximately 25,000 residents, located in the suburbs of Harrisburg in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. In January 2010, the Swatara Township Police Department conducted a web-based reverse sting to identify and arrest local sex buyers. Police posted a decoy advertisement to Backpage.com (a website targeted for its association with prostitution), then […]
Susquehanna Township is a township of approximately 25,000 residents, located in Dauphin County in the suburbs of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Among the documented problems associated with the local prostitution market has been a 2013 case in which a man responding to a Craigslist prostitution ad was robbed. In June 2011, the Susquehanna Police Department conducted a […]
Sunny Isles Beach is a city located on a barrier island in northeast Miami-Dade County, Florida, with a population of approximately 22,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking are documented problems in the city, with some cases involving child sex trafficking and organized crime syndicates. In an effort to identify and apprehend local sex buyers, the Sunny […]
Sumter is located in South Carolina, with a population of approximately 43,000 residents. It is the county seat of Sumter County. Prostitution has been a well-documented problem within the city, often generating numerous complaints to police from local residents. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been […]
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