Springfield is a city of approximately 170,000 residents, located near Nixa and Rogersville in southern Missouri, within Greene County. Prostitution activity has been well documented in the city and surrounding areas for decades. In a recent example, a former Springfield teacher pleaded guilty in 2019 to a misdemeanor charge for running a sexually oriented business […]
Springfield is a city of approximately 63,000 residents in Western Oregon, located just east of Eugene, OR, in Lane County, OR. Prostitution has been a persistent problem for city law enforcement in recent years, with commercial sex activity concentrated along Main Street and the city’s downtown area. Among the more serious issues associated with the […]
Springfield is the capital of Illinois and government seat of Sangamon County, IL, and has a population of approximately 113,000 residents. Prostitution has been identified by law enforcement as a substantial problem in the city for decades, and residents have complained to police about prostitution in certain neighborhoods. Among the more serious issues associated with […]
Springfield is a city of approximately 19,000 residents, located in Robertson County, in north-central Tennessee. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and demand reduction tactics have been used in the city. The Springfield Police Department began conducting street-level reverse stings in 1990. In late 2007, officers collaborated with […]
Springdale is a city of approximately 88,000 residents, located in Washington and Benton Counties in northwest Arkansas. Prostitution activity, particularly transactions arranged online, has been reported for several years. On multiple occasions, the Springdale Police Department has stated that it fields calls for help from both sex buyers and prostituted women who have been robbed […]
Springdale is a town of approximately 3,000 residents, located just outside of Columbia in central South Carolina’s Lexington County. In the fall of 2006, the Springdale Police Department and Lexington County Multi-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET) collaborated to conduct two street-level reverse stings on Airport Boulevard. The operations used undercover female officers, who posed as […]
Spring Valley is a village of approximately 33,000 residents. Located 20 miles north of Manhattan in the towns of Ramapo and Clarkstown in Rockland County, New York. Prostitution rings are known to operate in the city and generate a wide range of problems. In an effort to curtail local demands for commercial sex, the Spring […]
Spokane is a city of approximately 230,000 residents, located in Eastern Washington, near Idaho, and is the second largest city in the state. It is the largest city and the county seat of Spokane County. Prostitution has been a persistent and visible problem in the area for decades. Among the more serious negative outcomes of […]
Spartanburg County is a county of approximately 314,000 residents, located in northwest South Carolina. Spartanburg is the county’s seat and largest city. In recent years, local residents and law enforcement officials have noted an increase in commercial sex within the county, specifically in the area’s massage parlors. Reports of the forced prostitution of minors have […]
Spartanburg is a city of approximately 37,000 residents, located in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Local prostitution is well documented and has presented persistent and visible problems in the area for decades, including cases of related assaults, child endangerment, drug offenses, and sex trafficking To address these crimes and other negative impacts of the local sex […]
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