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St. Francisville is a town in Louisiana with under 2,000 residents, situated north of Baton Rouge. The St. Francisville Police Department has conducted at least one web-based reverse sting that resulted in the arrest of seven men in 2009. Deputies reported that immediately after the decoy ad was posted, their phones “rang off the hook.” […]
Saint Charles is a suburb located west of Chicago, in DuPage and Kane counties, and has a population of approximately 33,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the city, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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