I'm not a hunter, but I do know that a fox is going to stay in her hole while the hounds are stompin' through the woods

I think the risk v. reward pendulum has swung for a lot of folks .. not just the traveling companions!!  Your question is a good one though ... will those with greater legal exposure disappear first and stay away longer?  Or maybe because they have greater exposure these agencies have been much more careful with how they conduct their business.

The fact that a fair number of the traveling agencies were based in Florida isn't going to help the situation, either!

MileHigh

Crossing state boundries makes it then a federal investigation.
Takes a bit more work to do, so that's probably why they went after
their local "branch" so to speak.

I don't think that crossing a state line per se puts someone in line for "more hurt."  I think that one of the earlier posters got it right in that the crossing of the state line triggers federal jurisdiction.  The "more hurt" only comes into play if that crossing of the line triggers a violation of a substantive federal law. The distinction is between lending assistance into what is really just a state investigation as opposed to stepping in to enforce a substantive federal law.  I am sure that the FBI could figure out a federal law that covers "traveling companions."  Maybe one is right on point.  However, I think the possiblity is remote as there are just so many visitors and a headline of "busted one traveling companion" is just not that sexy (no pun).  I think the "busted cyperspace pimps" headline is much more what both local and federal LE like.  It is important to remember that the allegations (innocent until proven guilty) is for old fashion prostitution and not for running a board. In the end, No worries.  A "traveling compinion" should be far more worried about local LE than Federal.  Just my opinion. A.