Nineteen men were arrested for solicitation last week during a prostitution sting in Aurora. We applaud Aurora’s law enforcement for
focusing the bulk of this sting’s resources to addressing demand.
According to the Naperville Sun, the johns who were arrested are from Aurora and several
other Illinois communities including Bolingbrook, Genoa, Glen Ellyn, Joliet,
Montgomery, Naperville, and Plainfield. One man was from South Carolina. These
are men who live in our neighborhoods, and when they buy sex they help the commercial
sex trade to thrive.
Our research has shown that when johns are arrested, they
say they will be deterred from buying sex again in that community. You can help
by sharing this story widely. We need to get the word out that local law
enforcement is holding johns accountable.
Unfortunately, prostituted people continue to be arrested
and rearrested, as several were in this sting. Illinois currently has very few
resources for those who are seeking to leave the sex trade. CAASE and the End
Demand Illinois campaign are working to change that. We advocate for a social
service response to survivors of the sex trade, instead of a criminal justice
response. Our survivor engagement committee is working with the campaign to transform
our state’s response to the sex trade by proposal a network of specialized
services. Learn more about the proposal here.
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