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Elmhurst is a Cook County suburb of Chicago, with a population of around 47,000. In Elmhurst, prostitution is believed to occur more often indoors than on the streets, and the majority of the prostitution and sex trafficking solicitations have been made over the internet. In response, local officials have included demand-reduction tactics in their efforts […]
Elkridge is a census-designated place of approximately 22,000 residents, located in Howard County, Maryland. The community borders Baltimore–Washington International Airport. The Route 1 corridor is one of the main problem areas in Elkridge, and other cities along the route (e.g., Linthicum, Jessup, Laurel) have also reported substantial prostitution and sex trafficking activity. For example, in November 2017, two Baltimore […]
El Paso County is a county of approximately 868,000 residents, located in the westernmost part of Texas. While the city of El Paso comprises roughly two-thirds of the county’s population, the county also contains Horizon City and over a dozen unincorporated areas. It is served by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. Prostitution is a well-documented problem in […]
El Paso is a city of approximately 678,00 residents, located in El Paso County, Texas, less 10 miles from Juarez, Mexico along the southern U.S. border. Sex trafficking and prostitution are well-documented problems in the city. Minor females are frequently recovered during prostitution sweeps. In 2014, the FBI collaborated with local police to investigate a […]
El Monte is a city with a population of around 107,000 located in Los Angeles County, CA. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent problems in the city and surrounding areas for decades. The El Monte Police Department has been conducting reverse stings routinely since 2006, and occasionally before then. For example, in August 2003, […]
Edison, also known as Edison Township, is located in central New Jersey’s Middlesex County. The township has a population of roughly 100,000. Documented cases of prostitution and sex trafficking have occurred in the city, particularly along Route 27 and in massage businesses serving as fronts for illegal brothels, generating complaints to police and other types […]
East Hazel Crest is a village in Illinois with a population of roughly 1,500 residents, located 25 miles south of Chicago in Cook County. In 2010, as a result of complaints from local business owners, a reverse sting was conducted and three men were arrested. The arrested sex buyers also faced a mandatory vehicle tow, […]
East Bridgewater is a town of about 14,500 located about 26 miles south of Boston. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the community have been well documented problems 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 as a strategy for […]
East Baton Rouge Parish is part of the Baton Rough Metropolitan area and contains about 453,000 residents. Techniques such as reverse stings and sex buyer identity disclosure have been used to combat prostitution and sex trafficking. In 2006, a two-day reverse sting resulted in 15 sex buyer arrests. The names and dates of birth of […]
Durham is a city of about 276,000 residents located 30 miles northeast of North Carolina’s capital, Raleigh. It is the county seat of Durham County. Cases of prostitution, sex trafficking, and child sex trafficking are prevalant within Durham. Ancillary crimes as well as serious crimes against prostituted women, including assault and murder, have also been […]
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