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Naples is a city of approximately 22,000 residents located near Fort Myers in Collier County, Florida. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-established problems in Naples and the surrounding communities, generating complaints to the police. The area has also had documented cases of assault and battery committed against prostituted women. Reverse Stings and Identity Disclosure: To combat […]
Murfreesboro is a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee and has a population of over 158,000. It is the county seat of Rutherford County. Prostitution rings and hotel-based prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in the city, and to generate complaints to police. In one case, a pimp shot a man and was seized in […]
Lee County is a county of approximately 788,000 residents, containing the cities of Fort Myers, North Fort Myers, Tice and Bonita Springs. Situated along Florida’s southwest coast, including in Lee County, and residents and businesses have reported numerous problems related to prostitution and sex trafficking along major highways, interstates, and motels for decades. Serious problems are […]
Waukesha is a city of approximately 71,000 residents, located in southeastern Wisconsin. The city is known to have prostitution issue over the past 10 years, particularly hotel-based prostitution advertised via the internet, generating complaints to police. There have also been documented prostitution-related assaults with dangerous weapons, and sex trafficking activity within Waukesha County. Waukesha police […]
Merrillville is a city of approximately 36,000 residents, located near Lake County, in northwest Indiana, near Gary. Prostitution has been reported in the city, occurring at the street level and within certain businesses (such as massage parlors). In May 2011, Merrillville drew media attention when “Indiana federal prosecutors alleged that three brothers in Indiana and […]
Wausau is a city of approximately 40,000 residents, located in Marathon County in central Wisconsin. Despite its modest small size, the city has reports of prostitution arrests dating back to 1953, and has twice drawn national media attention (first in the late 1980s and again in the summer of 2011) for its association with domestic […]
Nixa is a small city of approximately 24,000 residents, located south of Springfield in Christian County, Missouri. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and nearby communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. […]
Colonie is a town of approximately 85,000 residents, located between Schenectady and Albany, New York. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the community have been well-documented over the past four decades, often resulting in complaints and tips from residents to local police. Colonie drew national media attention in the mid-1980s when a domestic minor sex trafficking […]
Arroyo Grande is a city of approximately 18,000 residents, located in San Luis Obispo County, California. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from […]
Oliver Springs is a town of approximately 3,300 residents, located near Harriman in eastern Tennessee and occupying parts of Anderson, Morgan, and Roane counties. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the town. Among the more serious issues associated with the town’s commercial sex market is child sexual exploitation and child sex […]
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