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Sex Trafficking Arrests low in NY

Posted by Julie Waters on Sunday, October 31, 2010, In : Domestic Trafficking

http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/10/26/sex-trafficking-arrests-remain-rare-in-new-york-city/

By Kristi Oloffson

New York City is believed to play a significant role in international sex trafficking as both an entry point for smugglers and place where trafficking victims are put to work as prostitutes. While comprehensive statistics on the crime are unavailable, one metric underscores the challenges faced by local law enforcement officials: the low number of arrests and prosecutions of...

'Dear John' billboards tout consequences of soliciting prostitutes on Mannheim strip

Posted by Julie Waters on Tuesday, September 7, 2010, In : Domestic Trafficking

http://www.examiner.com/crime-in-chicago/dear-john

August 29, 2010

Men cruising Mannheim Road looking to buy sex will get a visual cold shower via a pair of anti-prostitution billboards.

The billboards are part of a campaign to curb "johns" who frequent a strip of Mannheim in Leyden Township noted for illicit activities.

In recent weeks, Cook County Sheriff's police have been cited under the Cook County Morals Ordinance, according to Sheriff Tom Dart, who held a news confe...

Johns arrested in MA: names published in newspaper; mayor would like to confiscate their cars

Posted by Free the Captives on Tuesday, September 7, 2010, In : Domestic Trafficking

By John Moss

Herald News Staff Reporter

Police arrest 23 in 'Operation John' prostitution bust

http://www.heraldnews.com/news/x1179100683/Police-arrest-23-in-Operation-John-prostitution-bust

Posted Aug 07, 2010 @ 07:38 PM

Last update Aug 08, 2010 @ 01:15 AM

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Responding to numerous complaints of prostitution activity in the do...
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