A federal indictment charges 11 alleged gang members and associates with controlling prostitution along the Figueroa Corridor of South Los Angeles.

Six reputed members and associates of the Hoover Criminal Gang were arrested Wednesday in what authorities called the first major takedown of a sex trafficking operation in the Figueroa Corridor of South Los Angeles.

The Hoovers largely controlled sex trafficking and prostitution along a 3.5-mile stretch of Figueroa Street between approximately Slauson Avenue and Century Boulevard from February 2021 to August 2025, according to a 155-page federal indictment charging 11 people.

Gang members and associates allegedly recruited vulnerable minors and young women — including runaways and children from the foster care system — through social media

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