Gadsden is a city of about 34,000 residents in northeastern Alabama, and is the county seat of Etowah County. Activity of street-level prostitution and indoor prostitution rings are known to have occurred in the city. To combat consumer-level demand for commercial sex, the Gadsden Police Department has conducted street-level reverse stings since at least 2010. […]
Fullerton is a city of about 142,000 residents in Orange County, California, located south of Los Angeles near Anaheim. Prostitution has been targeted by police and residents as a substantial problem, particularly street-level and indoor prostitution occurring in storefront brothels such as massage parlors. Among their efforts to ameliorate the crimes and other problems associated […]
Fresno is a city of approximately 526,000 residents, located in Fresno County in central California. Street prostitution has posed significant problems for the city, and police reports have noted complaints from local business owners and residents for decades. Multiple cases of sex trafficking (of both adults and minors), and targeted assaults, robberies, and homicides of […]
Fremont County is a largely rural area in south-central Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains, situated near Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Its largest city and county seat is Canon City, CO. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in the area. Reports of robbery and violence against individuals engaging in commercial sex have been documented. Among the […]
Fremont is a suburb of San Francisco with a population of about 228,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in other areas of Alameda County, for decades. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the […]
Fredericksburg is a suburb of Washington, DC with 28,000 residents, located in northern Virginia. Prostitution and child sex trafficking have posed considerable problems in the city for over two decades, with activities frequently concentrated in and around Fredericksburg truck stops along Interstate 95. In one particularly high-profile case, federal prosecutors investigated a “prolific sex trafficker” who had […]
Frederick is a city of approximately 80,000 residents that serves as the county seat of Frederick County, Maryland. It is situated between Hagerstown and Gaithersburg along Interstate 27o in the northern part of the state. Prostitution activity generates numerous complaints to police, and these complaints play a role in police devoting the resources to prostitution operations. […]
Franklin Park is a village of 18,000 residents near Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. One of the key prostitution problems in the city is street prostitution occurring along Mannheim Road, a major “stroll” cutting through several suburbs of Chicago. Since at least 1996, the Franklin Park Police Department has collaborated with the Cook County Sheriff’s […]
Fountain Valley is a city of 58,000 in Orange County, California. Local residents and law enforcement have reported problems related to prostitution, sex trafficking and related crimes (such as assault, drugs, and weapons offenses) in the city for decades. For example, at least one serial rapist who specifically targeted prostituted women has operated in the […]
Fort Worth is a city in Texas with a population of about 935,000 residents located about 40 miles west of Dallas. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly 350 square miles, and crosses into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker and Wise. Prostitution has been well documented in Fort Worth for more […]
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