Henderson is a city of approximately 15,000 residents in north-central North Carolina. Prostitution is among the issues regarded by local police as “quality of life issues” that generate complaints from residents. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law enforcement agencies as a […]
Hempstead is a town of just under 770,000 residents in Nassau County on Long Island, New York. Both prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified as local problems in many areas in Long Island, including Hempstead. In response to resident complaints, police have conducted street-level reverse stings starting in 1975. One operation netted 35 arrests […]
Hemet is city of approximately 85,000 residents, located roughly 80 miles southeast of Los Angeles in Riverside County, California. Prostitution is seen by many residents as widespread and a detriment to the quality of life in the city, and have complained to police. The local commercial sex market has also included child sex trafficking. In February 2014, […]
Hawthorne is city of about 86,000 residents in southwest Los Angeles County, CA. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent problems in the city since before the early 1970s, resulting in numerous complaints to police from residents and businesses. Among the more serious issues associated with the commercial sex market in the city is child […]
Hayward is a city of approximately 160,000 residents located in the greater San Francisco Bay Area in Alameda County, California. Prostitution and the sex trafficking of minors are persistent and visible problems in the area. For example, in 2010, officers with the Hayward Police Department found two teenagers they believed were employed or “being groomed” […]
Haverhill is a city of approximately 67,000 residents, located in northeast Massachusetts near Salem and Lawrence. To combat prostitution in the city, the Haverhill Police Department conducts reverse stings several times per year. When conducting operations at street-level, HPD officers have often conduct both reverse stings and stings targeting prostituted women and sex buyers in […]
Hattiesburg is a city of about 46,000 residents, situated in southern Mississippi. Most of the city is located in Forrest County, with a portion extending into Lamar County. Prostitution has been identified by police and others as a local concern, and there have been cases of sex trafficking in the area – including those victimizing […]
Harvey is a city of roughly 24,000 residents, located south of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. Among its efforts to reduce prostitution activity in the community, the Harvey Police Department has conducted reverse stings since at least 1996. The operations have used a female undercover officers posing as a prostituted persons in various parts of […]
Hartsville is a small city of about 8,000 residents in Darlington County, South Carolina. Street prostitution has been reported in certain areas of the city, and has generated complaints to local law enforcement. In response, the Hartsville Police Department has conducted at least one reverse sting. In January 2008, the HPD sent a female officer undercover as […]
Hartford is the capital of Connecticut, located in the central region of the state, and has a population of about 121,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented problems in Hartford for decades, and associated crimes occurring within the sex trade context have included the homicide of prostituted women, and infants endangered during prostitution transactions. […]
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