Sheriff Sues Craiglist For Prostitution Ads

Amerika writes "Craigslist is 'the single largest source of prostitution in the nation,' according to Cook County, Illinois Sheriff Thomas Dart. He has announced that he's filing a lawsuit against the popular classifieds site. Craigslist says it's determined to prevent criminal activity." NewYorkCountryLawyer adds a link to the 28-page complaint (PDF), which "alleges that Craigslist maintains 21 classifications of sex-for-hire, coded as 'w4m,' 'm4m,' 'm4w,' etc." and that it has facilitated child prostitution and kidnapping and human trafficking.

Comments

Re:Here we go again

[FlyingBishop]

Craigslist facilitated prostitution. Just because someone in Chicago is willing to pay to sleep with someone living in Southern Wisconsin does not mean that this event will occur.

Craigslist ensures that anyone in the greater Chicago area has unfettered access to anyone looking to provide these services. This is a far cry from some hooker standing on a street corner, and far easier to get away with.

Re:Regulate and tax it

[jsepeta]

with the exception that smoking pot has very serious ramifications over the long-term, including loss of productivity and the desire to be productive, as well as paranoia and schizophrenic behavior.

http://www.nida.nih.gov/infofacts/marijuana.html

having sex with strangers at worst can give you AIDS or Syphallis, but at best can teach you how to be better at having sex (pleasing yourself & pleasing others)