Southeast is a town in Putnam County, New York, with approximately 18,000 residents. It includes the village of Brewster. Sex trafficking and prostitution have been well-documented in the area, including a scandal in which a Brewster police officer was charged with protecting a sex trafficking ring from law enforcement activity in exchange for sexually abusing […]
Southaven is a city of approximately 55,000 residents, situated in the southern suburbs of Memphis in DeSoto County, Mississippi. Prostitution has been identified by police and others as generating a wide range of problems in the area, including male sex buyers responding to online ads being shot and robbed. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream […]
Southampton is a town of approximately 59,000 residents in Suffolk County, located on the South Fork of Long Island, New York. Residents and businesses have reported a spike in prostitution activity on Riverside and Flanders streets, and ancillary crimes such as stabbings of prostituted women have been documented. The victim of a serial killer who […]
South Salt Lake is a city of approximately 26,000 residents, located just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. Both prostitution and child sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city, and throughout the region. For example, in 2013, a sex trafficking ring was investigated and dismantled by law enforcement officials; in doing so, officers discovered […]
South Bend is a city of approximately 100,000 residents, located in north-central Indiana. Prostitution has been identified as a substantial problem in the city since the 1980s. Business owners and residents have reported an increase in commercial sex sales in recent years, with activities centered in the northwest part of the city. Sex trafficking cases […]
Sonoma County is located on the northern coast of California, and has a population of approximately 486,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by law enforcement as substantial problems in the city, and residents have complained to police about prostitution in certain neighborhoods. Violence and other crimes, such as drugs and physical assault of […]
Snohomish County is located in the Puget Sound region of Washington, due North of Seattle, and has a population of approximately 834,000. Key cities within the county include Everett and Lynnwood. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified by law enforcement as problems in the county, and residents have complained to police about prostitution in […]
Siskiyou County is a located in the northernmost part of California, in the Shasta Cascade region along the Oregon border, and has a population of approximately 44,000. On at least one occasion, local law enforcement have targeted underlying demand for commercial sex. In February 2011, in response to community complaints, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department […]
Sioux City has approximately 86,000 residents, and is located in western Iowa along the Nebraska border, north of Omaha and south of Sioux Falls along Interstate 29. Prostitution has been a well documented problem in the city for decades, and residents have complained to police about the wide range of problems it poses in their […]
Siloam Springs is a city of approximately 15,000 residents, located in Benton County in northwest Arkansas. In an effort to identify and apprehend sex buyers, the Siloam Springs Police Department has conducted at least two web-based reverse stings. In February and June of 2009, officers posted advertisements selling sex on Craigslist and Backpage.com. When men […]
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