Council Bluffs is a city of roughly 62,000 residents, located on Iowa’s western border near Omaha, Nebraska. Complaints from residents about prostitution date back to the 1870s, when the city was a Western frontier town. More recently, the community has documented multiple cases of sex trafficking (of both adults and minors), and targeted sexual assaults and homicides of women selling sex. In their efforts […]
Cottage Grove is a city of approximately 40,000 residents, located just south of St. Paul and Minneapolis in Washington County, Minnesota. Prostitution activity, at times involving minors, has been reported in the city for years. In October 2015, for example, a 43-year-old man was arrested and charged with “engaging in prostitution with a 16-year-old and […]
Corpus Christi is a city of approximately 318,000 residents, located on the southeast coast of Texas. Most of the city lies within Nueces County, but the boundaries also extend into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio Counties. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city for decades. Corpus Christi police and public […]
Coram is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Brookhaven on Long Island, in Suffolk County, with a population of about 40,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented in the area for decades, and remain problematic to the present. In March, 2019, five men were arrested on multiple charges after authorities […]
Columbus is a central Ohio city and the state capital, and has a population of approximately 907,000 residents. It is the government seat of Franklin County, Ohio. The city was an “early adopter” among cities in the U.S. that have focused on combating demand for commercial sex. Prostitution has been a problem in the city […]
Colorado Springs is a city of approximately 484,000 residents, located south of Denver along Interstate 25 in El Paso County, CO. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented issues in the city. For example, between January 2014 and August 2014, researchers identified and recovered 25 underage victims of commercial sexual exploitation and 34 adult victims in […]
Cleveland is a city of approximately 390,000 residents, located in northeastern Ohio’s Cuyahoga County. The city has experienced a wide range of negative events associated with the local commercial sex market, including assaults of both prostituted persons and sex buyers, sex trafficking of adults and children, trafficking-related child sexual abuse materials (CSAM), and related homicides […]
Clayton County, located south of Atlanta, has a population of about 297,000. Problems with prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported in the county for at least two decades. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes associated […]
Cincinnati is a city of approximately 312,000 residents, located in Hamilton County in southwestern Ohio. A wide range of problems stemming from the local commercial sex market have been documented, including child sex trafficking, and the kidnapping, rape, assault, and homicide of prostituted women. This activity and its ancillary crimes have resulted in complaints from […]
Chicago Heights is a city of roughly 30,000 residents in northeastern Illinois, located in Cook County just south of Chicago. Many large scale stings have occurred since 1996 as a result of feelings on the part of police and residents that prostitution and sex trafficking “cheapens a community.” Also in 1996, a city ordinance was passed […]
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