Prostitution and Human Trafficking Sting Operations

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Prostitution sting operations targeting customers aka “Johns” are becoming increasingly commonplace in the United States. Sting operations represent a change in the focus of law enforcement from targeting prostitutes to targeting the demand for the services prostitutes offer. Law enforcement in Cook County, Texas went so far as to call a sting operation “National Day of Johns Arrest” such was the number of Johns arrested.