Canton is a city of 70,000 in eastern Ohio’s Stark County. Prostitution and sex trafficking of both adults and minors have posed problems in the city for several decades. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes […]
Camden is a city of approximately 72,000 residents, situated across the Delaware River from Philadelphia in Camden County, New Jersey. Prostitution and sex trafficking have posed chronic and visible problems in the city for decades, and at least one serial killer and one serial rapist have targeted prostituted women in Camden and surrounding areas. Camden […]
Cambridge is a small city of approximately 12,000 in Dorcester County, on the Atlantic coast of Maryland. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement. Among […]
Cambridge is a suburb of Boston, with a population of about 110,000. Prostitution, particularly that conducted indoors and facilitated through websites, is well documented in the city. Among the resulting problems are cases in which young children have been brought to commercial sex transactions. For example, in January 2014, the driver of the car that […]
Calumet City is a suburb south of Chicago with a population of 35,000. The city is in Cook County and is along the state border across from Hammond, Indiana. The Calumet City Police Department has conducted street-level reverse stings using undercover female officers since 1997. The stings occurred about two or three times per year. Since […]
Burnsville is a city of approximately 64,000 residents, located just south of Minneapolis in Dakota County, Minnesota. To reduce prostitution activity in the city, the Burnsville Police Department has conducted web-based and street-level reverse stings since 2007. Reverse stings have been conducted 3-4 times per year, according to BPD representatives interviewed for the National Assessment […]
Burlington is a city of approximately 151,000 residents located in central North Carolina, in Alamance County. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law enforcement agencies as a strategy for prevention and […]
Burlington is a town of approximately 25,000 residents, located in the northern suburbs of Boston near Woburn in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and throughout the county. Town officials and local law enforcement agencies have reported cases of prostitution, sex trafficking, and prostitution-related robberies and homicides […]
Buffalo is the second largest city in New York, with approximately 260,000 residents. It is the county seat of Erie County. Prostitution at street level, facilitated online, and occurring within adult-oriented businesses has caused persistent and formidable problems within the city for decades. Residents on the East Side and West Side, in particular, have complained […]
Buena Vista is city of less than 600 residents located in the San Jose area of Santa Clara County, CA. Police have conducted at least one reverse sting in the city, in 2008. The web-based operation resulted in three arrests, and the photos and names of the arrestees were publicized. News reports said that those […]
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