Fort Walton Beach is a city in Florida located about 65 miles west of Pensacola in the northwestern part of the state, with a population of approximately 21,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities and unincorporated areas of Okaloosa County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes […]
Fort Wayne is a city of approximately 267,000 residents, located in Allen County, Indiana, about 30 miles from the Ohio border. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city, spanning decades. Reverse stings have been utilized in the city as a means to apprehend sex buyers since 1991. In one of stings in […]
Fort Smith is a city of approximately 90,000 residents, situated along Arkansas’ northwest border with Oklahoma in Sebastian County. Prostitution has been associated with a number of local problems and has generated complaints to police. Among the more serious issues associated with the city’s commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. For example, in 2010, […]
Fort Pierce is a city of about 47,000 located in southeastern Florida. Prostitution, sex trafficking, and violence associated with commercial sex have been well-documented in the city and surrounding areas for decades. For example, a man with a history of sexual deviancy spanning five years was arrested in July 2021 on murder charges. The man […]
Fort Myers is a city of approximately 92,000 residents, located near Cape Coral in Lee County, FL. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the city are well-documented, and local cases have included child sex trafficking, the murder of prostituted women, and the robbery and murder of sex buyers. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes […]
Fort Lauderdale is a city of approximately 182,000 residents, situated along Florida’s eastern coast in Broward County, FL. Like the neighboring communities of Dania Beach, Wilton Manors, Pompano Beach, Hollywood, Plantation, and Tamarac, the city has experienced longstanding and well-documented problems related to prostitution and sex trafficking – including cases of serial rapists and serial […]
Forsyth County occupies the northern part of the Atlanta metro area and has a population of approximately 260,000. Local prostitution and regional sex trafficking have been identified by law enforcement and the public as a problem in the area. The greater Atlanta area is well known as a major hub in domestic and international sex […]
Foley is a small city located in Baldwin County, AL. The city is located in southern Alabama near Daphne, with a population of roughly 22,000 residents. Prostitution has posed considerable problems in the community for several years and has generated complaints to local law enforcement. In addition, at least two sex buyers have been robbed […]
Florence is a city in South Carolina with a population of about 40,000 residents, located about 70 miles northwest of Myrtle Beach. A wide range of problems associated with the local commercial sex market have been documented in this small city, including sex buyers being robbed while soliciting sex and the local activity of a […]
Flint is a city in Michigan with a population of about 81,000, located 60 miles northwest of Detroit. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent problems in Flint and throughout the region for decades. Among the wide range of collateral crimes and other problems arising from the commercial sex industry have been cases of infants […]
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