“Keith Williams was the chief operating officer of a sex
trafficking house of horrors, providing the sexual services and drug-addicted women
to countless numbers of paying customers and collecting all of the significant
cash profits for himself and his associates.”
This case is a step forward in Cook County’s work to address
human trafficking and to recognize that prostitution and trafficking often
overlap. CAASE applauds law enforcement for taking the time to investigate and
bring traffickers to justice. All too often, people in prostitution are
arrested and re-arrested without meaningful intervention. In this case, the
women in the house were identified as crime victims and law enforcement went
after the traffickers.
CAASE endorses a law enforcement model that holds pimps,
johns, and traffickers accountable while creating a supportive network of
services for survivors of the sex trade. Read
more about our proposal for these services here.