The Phoenix Police Department is continuing to make prostitution-related arrests in an ongoing investigation that law enforcement officials have called the largest prostitution bust in Arizona history.

Gilbert has prosecuted just one case of prostitution in 10 years — and doesn’t expect to see an increase in that trend. But the Town Council will meet Tuesday to approve an update to town code meant to fix ambiguous language that could suggest prostitution — and other crimes — are only civil violations.

Gilbert has prosecuted just one case of prostitution in 10 years — and doesn’t expect to see an increase in that trend. But the Town Council will meet Tuesday to approve an update to town code meant to fix ambiguous language that could suggest prostitution — and other crimes — are only civil violations.

A state lawmaker wanting to drive prostitution off the streets and out of Arizona is pushing for tougher penalties against prostitutes and their patrons.

A state lawmaker wanting to drive prostitution off the streets and out of Arizona is pushing for tougher penalties against prostitutes and their patrons.

Joseph Ligidakis was a lonely man, fresh from prison and in the middle of a divorce when he visited prostitutes in Scottsdale and Phoenix in July 2003.

Joseph Ligidakis was a lonely man, fresh from prison and in the middle of a divorce when he visited prostitutes in Scottsdale and Phoenix in July 2003.

When the 42-year-old man pulled up to the woman pacing Main Street in Mesa late Friday night, he had one thing on his mind.

November 28, 2004

December 11, 2004 - When the 42-year-old man pulled up to the woman pacing Main Street in Mesa late Friday night, he had one thing on his mind.

The prostitutes along Main Street in Mesa are nothing new to those who live and work nearby.

Complaints from residents at a Tempe apartment complex prompted a prostitution sting that netted seven East Valley men Tuesday night.

The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office on Monday announced a 20-count felony grand jury indictment against a Mesa woman accused of prostituting her 13-year-old daughter.

A Mesa police officer who helped a prostitute maintain an escort service Web site has resigned.

A 26-year-old woman convicted of prostitution at least 11 times since 2002 was arrested at a motel Wednesday where police discovered a small child sitting on the floor of the room.

Authorities announced Friday they made 19 more arrests and 43 criminal indictments in the ongoing Desert Divas investigation dubbed by law enforcement as the largest prostitution ring in Arizona history.

Phoenix police released Thursday what they called a list of potential "Johns," or clients, in connection to what is being called the largest prostitution bust in Arizona history. The Internet-based operation covered three states and has culminated in indictments of more than 50 people so far.

Phoenix police arrested six more people suspected of being involved in what authorities are calling the largest prostitution investigation in state history, raising the number of total arrests this week to 29.

The Paradise Valley neighbor of the suspected ringleader in the high-dollar prostitution ring broken up this week said Paul Nichta and his business partner Scott Eder were "vague" about what kind of businesses they managed when she and her husband welcomed them to the neighborhood with an orchid and a bottle of wine.