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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 […]
Shreveport is a city of approximately 190,000 residents, located in northwest Louisiana. Most of the city lies within Caddo Parish. While recent years have seen a slight decline in commercial sex-related arrests, the Shreveport Police Department has insisted that prostitution is a still a formidable problem in the city, and includes sex trafficking a numerous […]
Shawnee is a city of approximately 68,000 residents, located in the suburbs of Kansas City, Kansas. The Shawnee Police Department has collaborated with officers from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office to conduct stings targeting sex buyers. For example, in May, 2020, following complaints from residents about prostitution activity in a Shawnee apartment complex, officers placed […]
Sharonville is a city of approximately 15,000 residents in southwestern Ohio, situated just north of Cincinnati, located in Hamilton County, OH. Prostitution is a well-documented problem in the city, and local experts estimate that the vast majority of persons engaged in commercial sex are victims of sex trafficking or are under the control of a […]
Seminole County is a county of over 471,000 residents, located within the Greater Orlando Metropolitan Area in Central Florida. Its county seat and largest city is Sanford, FL. Similar to its neighboring Orange County, prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent problems in the area and generate complaints from residents. Additionally, cases of sex trafficking […]
Seekonk is a town of approximately 16,000 residents, located in Bristol County, Massachusetts along the Rhode Island border. Prostitution activity, including the sex trafficking of both minors and adults, has been a well-documented problem in the city for decades. Consumer demand drives all sex trafficking, and in an effort to curtail demand for commercial sex, […]
Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest, with approximately 734,000 residents. It is the largest city and county seat of King County, WA. The city has struggled with persistent and widespread prostitution and sex trafficking problems for many years, with frontier brothels established in the community in the 1850s, decades before Washington statehood. […]
SeaTac is a city of approximately 31,000 residents in Washington state, located in the southern suburbs of Seattle, WA in King County, WA. Not formally incorporated as a city until February 1990, SeaTac comprises the areas in and around the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Prostitution and sex trafficking continue to pose formidable problems for local law […]
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