Chester is a city of approximately 33,000 residents, situated in southeast Pennsylvania roughly equidistant between Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware. Prostitution has posed considerable problems in the community for decades. For example, at least two cases of child sex trafficking has been documented in Chester. In one instance, in May 2013, two city residents were charged […]
Chesapeake is a city of about 251,000 residents located south of Norfolk in the Hampton Roads area of southeast Virginia. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the city, and related violent crimes against those in prostitution, have been well-documented problems for decades. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and […]
Chattanooga is a city of approximately 181,000 residents, located in Hamilton County in southeastern Tennessee. Prostitution has been well-documented as a problem in the city for decades. There have also been many verified cases of other serious crimes driven by the commercial sex market, such as sex trafficking and the targeted assault and murder of […]
Charlottesville is a city of over 46,000 residents, located in northern Virginia’s Albemarle County. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the city for more than 100 years, 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 with the local commercial […]
Charlotte is a city in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It is the largest city in the state, with a population of approximately 880,000 residents. The city also has the highest number of reported sex trafficking cases in North Carolina each year, according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline. Street prostitution has been a persistent and […]
Charleston is a coastal city with a population of 152,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the city are well documented for over 140 years, and includes a relatively recent case of a prostituted woman being murdered in 2013. In November, 2021, three people were arrested after authorities discovered a prostitution and pornography-producing operation at a […]
Charleston is the capital city of West Virginia, and has a population of about 48,000. It is situated in Kanawha County. Residents and local law enforcement have reported problems related to prostitution in the city for decades, including the serial rape of 12 to 15 women engaged in prostitution in the mid-1990s through the early […]
Chandler is a city of about 280,000 residents in the greater Phoenix area. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. For example, in December 2013, a Maricopa County juvenile detention officer was arrested on charges […]
Champaign is a city of 89,000 residents in east/central Illinois. Problems associated with the local commercial sex market have been well documented and include cases of sex trafficking. For example, in January, 2021, the U.S. District court sentenced a man to multiple life prison terms for trafficking young women for sex. The man ran his […]
Central Falls is a small city of approximately 22,000 residents, located in the northern suburbs of Providence, Rhode Island. Historically, much of the prostitution activity in the city was concentrated on and along Barton Street. As the street continues into the neighboring city of Pawtucket, and much of the illegal activity has traditionally “spilled” across […]
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