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 […]
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 […]
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