From small mom-and-pop operations to high-end national brands, Long Island’s hotels and motels are convenient hubs for sex traffickers and their clients . Hundreds of online ads placed daily on adult websites reveal rampant prostitution occurring across Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Despite high-profile law enforcement takedowns of trafficking operations and local government efforts to add tougher laws and better enforce codes, the illegal business is thriving.

Newsday compiled a first-ever database documenting sex trafficking and prostitution charges at hotels and motels across Long Island, offering more details than even local law enforcement officials have been able to piece together.

After reviewing police and court records, the Newsday investigation uncovered nearly 60 hotels or m

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