DrewWilson
March 8th, 2009, 12:03 AM
PST COOK COUNTY, ILL. -- The online forum and classified site Craigslist is once again under fire from law enforcement for running advertisements for erotic services.
This time, the Cook County Sheriff's Department is going after the site. On Thursday, Sheriff Thomas Dart filed a federal lawsuit in Illinois accusing Craigslist of "knowingly promoting and facilitating prostitution."
"Craigslist is the single largest source of prostitution in the nation," Dart said Thursday. "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."
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and CEO Jim Buckmaster did not return calls for comment. Instead, the San Francisco company issued a statement.
More... (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/05/BA3Q16A1FU.DTL&tsp=1)
You mean to say that all those drugs and prostitution didn't come out of that pirate radio that got busted recently? WTF?
This time, the Cook County Sheriff's Department is going after the site. On Thursday, Sheriff Thomas Dart filed a federal lawsuit in Illinois accusing Craigslist of "knowingly promoting and facilitating prostitution."
"Craigslist is the single largest source of prostitution in the nation," Dart said Thursday. "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."
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and CEO Jim Buckmaster did not return calls for comment. Instead, the San Francisco company issued a statement.
More... (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/05/BA3Q16A1FU.DTL&tsp=1)
You mean to say that all those drugs and prostitution didn't come out of that pirate radio that got busted recently? WTF?