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 […]
Fife is a city in Washington state, located east of Tacoma, in Pierce County. It has a population of approximately 10,350 residents. Situated at the juncture of Interstate 5 and State Route 167, the city “consists primarily of businesses such as car dealerships, warehousing and industrial facilities, motels, an Indian casino, drive-through smoke shops, quick-dining […]
Fayetteville is a city of approximately 209,000 residents, located about 60 miles south of Raleigh in Cumberland County, North Carolina. Street prostitution and child sex trafficking have posed considerable problems for the city for decades, with illegal activities frequently concentrated along major roadways leading to and from Fort Bragg, a major U.S. Army installment situated […]
Fairmont is a city of about 18,000 residents located in Marion County, in the northern part of West Virginia. Sex Trafficking and prostitution have been well-documented problems in Fairmont and throughout the county for decades, including a case in which a mother offered her daughter to be sexually abused in exchange for money. Among the […]
Evansville is a city of about 118,000 residents, located in Vanderburgh County in southwestern Indiana. City law enforcement has fielded complaints about prostitution from residents and businesses for decades. The city has also documented multiple cases of targeted sexual assaults and homicides of prostituted women, and at least one case of forced prostitution (i.e., sex […]
Eureka is located on the Pacific coast in northern California. It is the largest city in the state north of San Francisco, with a population of approximately 26,500. The historic Old Town is the most notorious area for prostitution in Eureka, and has been the setting for the majority of the Eureka Police Department’s prostitution […]
As the second largest city in Oregon, Eugene has a population of approximately 170,000 residents and is the county seat of Lane County. The city is home to the University of Oregon and is situated along the Willamette River. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known problems in the city, and the ancillary crimes they generate […]
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