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Broadview is a village of less than 8,000 residents, located just west of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. Although reports of prostitution activity in the community appear limited, there has been a documented case of sex trafficking of a minor in the village, and they have taken a proactive approach to target underlying demand for […]
Matteson is a village of approximately 19,000 residents, located in Cook and Will counties, Illinois, near Chicago Heights. Cases of prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported in the community for over a decade. For example, in 2004, an adult trafficker was apprehended in Chicago after an 18-year-old female victim called 911 on a local pay phone. […]
Alpharetta is a city of roughly 65,000 residents located in the northern suburbs of Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia. Reports of prostitution and sex trafficking activity in the community have occurred. For example, in 2016, Alpharetta police announced that an undercover prostitution sting had led them to a teenager being held against her will in […]
Gates is a town of approximately 29,000 residents, located in western New York’s Monroe County on the outskirts of Rochester. In addition to several small-scale stings targeting women selling commercial sex, local law enforcement has conducted at least two investigations targeting sex buyers in the community. In January 2015, Gates Police Department officers conducted a […]
Mankato is a city of approximately 45,000 residents, situated southwest of Minneapolis in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in central Minnesota. Located at the juncture of U.S. Highway 14 and U.S. Highway 169, law enforcement has reported prostitution activity, as well as incidents of sex trafficking and prostitution-related robberies in the community in […]
Rothschild is a village of roughly 5,500 residents, located near Wausau in central Wisconsin’s Marathon County. In partnership with the Wausau Police Department, Rothschild Police have staged reverse stings in the community targeting sex buyers. For example, in December, 2014, RPD and WPD officers placed two decoy advertisements to a website known for commercial sex […]
Newark is a city of approximately 31,000 residents, located just southwest of Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware. Prostitution has been reported in the community for at least two decades, with activities frequently concentrated in and around local motels. Additionally, in 2012 Newark drew the attention of federal law enforcement when a man was arrested […]
Englewood is a city of just under 14,000 residents, located in the northern suburbs of Dayton, Ohio. As in Dayton and many other communities in surrounding Montgomery County, Englewood has reported problems with prostitution and sex trafficking for several years, with activities frequently arranged online and occurring in local hotels and motels. In February 2014, […]
Sidney is a small city of roughly 20,000 residents, located south of Lima in west-central Ohio’s Shelby County. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city and surrounding areas, including a local massage parlor being shut down by the sheriff’s office after a human trafficking investigation. Among its efforts to reduce prostitution in […]
Alcoa is a small city of less than 10,000 residents, located south of Knoxville in Blount County, Tennessee. Local problems with prostitution, particularly occurring within adult-oriented businesses, have been reported in the community for over a decade. In 2002, for example, law enforcement dismantled a statewide prostitution ring operating out of several Blount County massage […]
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