Prostitution

The Brick Township man labeled an associate of the DeCavalcante organized crime family heads to a six-year prison term for pushing 1,915 grams of cocaine, planning a prostitution ring and possessing a weapon as a felon.

An undercover probe of prostitution in Hazlet and Wall Township ends with charges lodged against 12 women and seven suspected pimps from seven New Jersey counties, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC.

Teen prostitution has become such a significant problem in New Jersey that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is now asking for the public's help in cracking down on the individuals who force girls and young women to participate in this activity.

The Brick Township defendant described by federal agents as an organized crime figure risks decades in prison at his November 26 sentencing for charges involving cocaine, prostitution and weapons.

Nearly half the 10 alleged members and affiliates of the DeCavalcante organized crime family rounded up on an assortment of charges today call Ocean County home.

Berkeley Police make five arrest at two massage parlors on Route 9 in Bayville. According to the Asbury Park Press, Township police claim the Red Spa and G and T Accupressure were fronts for prostitution. Four women from Flushing, New York and another from New Brunswick were charged with Promoting and Engaging in Prostitution as well as Obstructing the Administration of Law on November 5th... Read

New Jersey's underground commercial sex economy is alive and well, generating hundreds of millions of dollars every year.

In the buildup to the Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium earlier this month, Gov. Chris Christie and acting state Attorney General John Hoffman repeatedly told the public about the threat of human trafficking surrounding such a big event. Tragically, it turns out those warnings were prophetic.

Not our Lakewood, the other one.

An Atlantic City man, first charged with promoting prostitution in August, is now indicted for allegedly running a human trafficking ring that kept women imprisoned in motels for use as hookers.