Costa Mesa is a city of about 111,000 residents, located near Newport Beach and Huntington Beach in Orange County, California. Local residents and law enforcement have reported problems with chronic prostitution, both occurring indoors and along major thoroughfares (i.e., Harbor Boulevard) for several decades. The city has also documented multiple cases of sex trafficking, 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 […]
Coral Gables is a city southwest of Miami, Florida, with a population of approximately 49,000. Cases of “rampant” prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported in the community for decades, and residents have complained to police about these activities. Local law enforcement agencies have employed demand-reduction tactics to curtail commercial sex activity. For example, in […]
Cookeville is a city of about 35,000 residents in northern Tennessee’s Putnam County. Prostitution and child sex trafficking have been identified as substantial local problem and generated numerous complaints from residents to law enforcement. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law […]
Cook County, Illinois is the population center of the state (pop. 5.17 million) and contains the city of Chicago (pop. 2.7 million), as well as numerous smaller – but still substantial – cities and small towns and unincorporated areas. The county has experienced a wide range of problems associated with commercial sex, including child sex […]
Conroe is a city of over 94,000 residents located north of Houston, in Montgomery County, Texas. Prostitution is known to be a problem in the city and generates complaints to police from residents. Among the more serious crimes that have been associated with the local commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. Consumer level demand […]
Concord is a suburb of San Francisco, California with around 124,000 residents. The Concord Police Department has responded to citizen concerns and complaints about prostitution in local hotels and on street corners by raiding the businesses suspected of promoting prostitution and staging prostitution stings – including reverse stings. The arrested prostituted women and sex buyers […]
Concord is a city of around 108,000 residents, located northwest of Charlotte, North Carolina, in Cabarrus County. Cases of prostitution in the community have been reported, with numerous local resident complaints about solicitation occurring in several city neighborhoods. In at least once incident, a man was arrested and charged with raping three women he identified […]
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 […]
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