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 […]
Fitchburg is a city with a population of about 40,000 located 60 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts. Fitchburg citizens and businesses have at times been very active in complaining and providing tips to police about prostitution activity. Between 2012 and 2014, police had received an average of over 50 prostitution complaints per year. The local […]
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 […]
Fern Park is a census-designated place with a population of approximately 8,300. Fern Park is located in Florida, 10 miles north of Orlando. Indoor prostitution is a well-known problem in the city. For example, in 1997, three spas were raided, and 23 people indicted for a range of crimes related to prostitution, including money laundering. […]
Federal Way is a city of 99,000 residents located King County, Washington. Among the problems associated with the local commercial sex market have been targeted sexual assault of disabled persons, targeted homicide against prostituted women, and sex trafficking of children. In 2014, a Federal Way man admitted to having sex with a 51-year old woman […]
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 […]
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