The Chicago Police Department has a new name for classifieds website named after founder, Craig Newmark. Craigslist is a “A Free Advertising Network For Prostitutes & Pimps” according to Chicago Sheriff Tom Dart.
A couple of days ago, the sheriff’s police in Cook County Chicago arrested 76 individuals involved with prostitution through Craigslist.org. The undercover officers posed as interested customers of the prostitutes. Once the money offer was made, police went in for the arrest.
This is the fourth time that the Cook County sheriff’s police went in for arrests through Craigslist. Since January 2007, over 149 charges have been made from the Craigslist sting operation. Sheriff Dart asked Craigslist to remove the “erotic services” section on the site, but Craigslist officials refused to do so.
However, last week Craigslist did place a disclaimer in the erotic services section that human trafficking and child exploitation would be reported.
Craigslist was founded by Craig Newmark.
Information Source:
[1] Valleywag: To end online prostitution, Chicago cops call for Craigslist boycott by Melissa Gira Grant
What am I gonna do now? Did they bust the yellow pages too?
I love that they are cracking down on prostitution. It is not a victimless crime I hope they can do more
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