Fargo is an eastern North Dakota city of approximately 124,000 located in Cass County. Police report that commercial sex is a substantial problem in the area, especially at local hotels and motels. In recent years there have been more sex trafficking-related arrests in the area. The majority of commercial sex in the area has moved […]
Falls Church is a city of approximately 15,000 residents in Fairfax County, Virginia. The city is part of the Washington DC Metropolitan Area. Prostitution and child sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city. Police efforts to combat these problems include the use of anti-demand tactics. In October 2009, the Street Crimes Unit of the […]
Fall River is a city of approximately 94,000 residents, located 18 miles east of Providence in Bristol County, Massachusetts. Both prostitution and sex trafficking of children are well-documented local problems, and at least one serial killer who specifically targeted prostituted women has operated in the city. In an effort to curtail prostitution activity in the […]
Fairview is a census-designated place of roughly 11,000 residents in the greater San Francisco Bay area, in southeastern Alameda County near Hayward, California. Child sex trafficking and prostitution have been documented within the city for decades. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local […]
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 […]
Fairfield is a city of approximately 120,000 residents, located roughly midway between San Francisco and Sacramento in northern California’s Solano County. The city is home to the Travis Air Force Base. As in the neighboring communities of Vallejo and Vacaville, Fairfield has reported problems with both street- and web-based prostitution for decades. The city has also […]
The city of Fairfax is located in northern Virginia, in Fairfax County, and has a population of around 24,000. Prostitution and child sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city and throughout Fairfax County. Gang-related prostitution and sex trafficking rings have emerged as serious problems, and have included the assault of both prostituted persons and sex […]
Everett is a city of 112,000 residents located in Snohomish County, Washington, just 25 miles north of Seattle. It has a population of roughly 112,000 residents. Among the problems associated with the local commercial sex market have been the sexual exploitation of minors and targeted sexual assault against prostituted women. For example, in October 2018, […]
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 […]
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