Kershaw County is a county of about 66,000 residents located in South Carolina, just northeast of Columbia. The county seat and largest city is Camden. At least two reverse sting operations have occurred in the county. The Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office arrested four men during a web-based reverse sting conducted in July 2015. Deputies posted […]
Keizer is a small city in Northwest Oregon of less than 40,000 residents, located immediately north of Salem, OR, and along the Interstate-5 corridor in Marion County, OR. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented in this region. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. In […]
Walton County is located on the Emerald Coast in the northwestern part of Florida and shares a southern border with the Gulf of Mexico. Walton County has approximately 75,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking, particularly conducted online and involving minors, are well-documented problems in Northwest Florida, including Walton County. Among the tactics used to respond […]
Farmington is a city of approximately 47,000 residents located in the Northwest region of the U.S. state of New Mexico, located in San Juan County, NM. Farmington makes up one of the four Metropolitan Statistical Areas in New Mexico. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and greater county area for […]
Howard is a village of approximately 20,000 residents, located in both in Brown and Outagamie counties, Wisconsin. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the village and surrounding communities, and throughout both counties, for decades. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law enforcement agencies […]
Suamico is a small city of approximately 13,000 residents in Brown County, Wisconsin. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. In response, police conducted their first undercover prostitution sting in May, 2013. The Brown County Sheriff’s Department […]
Minnetonka is a suburb with a population of 53,000 residents in the Minneapolis metro area, in Hennepin County. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city for years. Among more recent examples was a prostitution ring based out of a couple’s Minnetonka home that was shut down in 2017. Months later, investigators believed […]
Vilas County, Wisconsin has a population of approximately 23,500, and its county seat is the city of Eagle River. The county partly overlaps the reservation of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented throughout the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates […]
Iron County is a largely rural area of southwest Utah, with a population of about 60,000. 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 strategy for prevention and response. In February 2018, law enforcement officials in Iron County arrested seven […]
Canandaigua is a city of approximately 10,000 residents located in upstate New York; it is the county seat of Ontario County. Prostitution is a well-documented problem in the city and generates complaints from residents and businesses. Among the tactics used to address the problem are those focused on combating demand. In February 2018, six sex […]
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