South of Salerno, there were girls by the side of the road. Near the temples at Paestum, a very tasty young Italian-looking girl touting for business, but that was 15 yrs ago. In summer, there used to be some very sexy looking girls washing windscreens at motorway services, I thought they must be on the game.
Last month, I was in the North and saw girls in a rural area near the by-pass around Brescia, so the street scene is alive & well, you just need to know the particular spot they use in a given area, but travel any distance on main roads and you'll spot some. Mostly Africans, but also some white EE girls.