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Sheriff: Craigslist Largest Source Of Prostitution
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| Last Edited | RBH Mar 05, 2009 04:37pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, March 5, 2009 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart on Thursday announced a lawsuit against Craigslist, calling the popular Web site "the single largest source of prostitution in the nation."
Dart wants a federal judge to order Craigslist to eliminate its "Erotic Services" section, and wants reimbursement for the tax dollars spent paying officers to investigate and arrest those responsible for prostitution ads.
"Craigslist is the single largest source of prostitution in the nation," Dart said at a news conference Thursday afternoon. "Missing children, runaways, abused women and women trafficked in from foreign countries are routinely forced to have sex with strangers because they're being pimped on Craigslist."
The sheriff's office said the prostitution postings appear on the most visited section of the Web site, which draws 30 million new ads and more than 9 billion viewings per month.
"Craigslist unabashedly facilitates prostitution, then ultimately makes a profit from it," Dart said. He said Craigslist generates an $80 million in annual revenues. |
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