Craigslist party raided by Detroit cops

[MikeNH]

I was in Detroit this weekend and there was a huge police bust at airport hotels.

Story is the girls advertised on Craigslist - guys who met were busted - also guys posted to meet and they caught girls.

This is not the first time in North America cops have nothing better to do - so be careful.....a trip to LOS is much less expensive in the long run....

[BAM]

That was like the only industry left in Detroit!

[Stogie]

I see the Christians are still in charge, then...

[sev7en]

Yes, but lets hope the muslims soon take over

[alan1chef]

On the subject of Craigslist...

Craigslist to drop "erotic services" ads
By Jason Szep, Reuters

BOSTON €” Online classified site Craigslist will replace its "erotic services" ads with a new adult category following pressure by state authorities after the murder of a masseuse who advertised on the site.

The "erotic services" section will end within seven days and be replaced by an "adult services" category where advertisements will be individually screened by Craigslist staff, Craigslist said in a statement on Wednesday.

The measures could set a precedent for similar sites, said Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who led a 40-state task-force on Craigslist and campaigned publicly for tighter controls on the San Francisco-based service.

"Closing the erotic services section, a blatant Internet brothel, should lead to other blocking and screening measures, and set a model for other sites, if Craigslist keeps its word," he said.

Craigslist's sex-service listings have faced intense scrutiny since the April 14 murder of 25-year-old masseuse Julissa Brisman, who advertised on Craigslist in Boston.

Philip Markoff, a 23-year-old Boston University medical student, was charged with killing Brisman and with attacks on two other women who he met through Craigslist ads.

Craigslist, a 14-year-old online bazaar that generates more than 20 billion page views per month in 50 countries with a staff of just 28 people, is partially owned by online auctioneer eBay, which bought 25 percent in 2004.

Along with free listings for everything from apartments and furniture to jobs and cars, Craigslist.org carries one of the largest and most controversial sex-service listings. Its rapid growth and low-cost business model have hurt newspapers by siphoning away advertising revenue.

Postings to the "erotic services" section will no longer be accepted, Craigslist said. Postings to the new section, which opened on Wednesday, cost $10. Once they are approved, they will be eligible for reposting at $5, the website added.

In April, Blumenthal asked Craigslist officials to eliminate photographs in the "erotic services" and similar sections of the site, hire staff to screen ads that violate Craigslist rules and offer incentives for people who flag and report prostitution advertisements.

"We will be monitoring closely to make sure that this measure is more than a name change from erotic to adult and that the manual blocking is tough and effective to scrub prostitution and pornography," Blumenthal said.

Tabloids dubbed Markoff "the Craigslist killer."

The murder followed the killing of George Weber, a New York reporter knifed to death after responding to a personal ad he placed on Craigslist in March, and the early-April sentencing of Michael Anderson, a Minnesota man convicted of killing a woman who responded to a babysitting ad.

[Lefty]

Online classified site Craigslist will replace its "erotic services" ads with a new adult category following pressure by state authorities after the murder of a masseuse who advertised on the site.

Oh, that makes sense. I guess if I bought a car off Craigslist and used it as a getaway vehicle in a bank robbery and ran over some old lady in a wheel chair in the process, that they should remove all car ads too.

The USA should just make prostitution completely legal for anyone 18+. Then there would be no need for things like this to take place.
Won't happen though as long as there are so many right wing bible thumpers helping to dictate policy.

[manarak]

damn puritans!

[Torurot]

What is it about the USA and sex??
perhaps you have to follow the money generating industry that is law "enforcement".

On the one hand you have freedom of speech, but on the other.....

[manarak]

the rather shoot or waterboard other people than have sex...

[robbo]

well at least the uk isnt on its own in being so backward in its attitude towards sex and peoples urges and needs,i thought we were the world leader in the west in keeping everone in their place and making out that sex is for naughty people and babies are found under the goosebury bush..............NO SEX PLEASE WE ARE BRITISH!,

i do find the states bizzare tho,you can own a gun powerfull enough to blow someones head off at 50 yards yet not allowed to pay for consenting sex.....haha go figure

once again 3 cheers for the LOS........some of us may not get there that often but we know we will and thats a biggie..............when im sitting on the tarmac waiting for take off in the uk i allways stick two fingers up(in my mind) to the shitehole on the ground im about to leave bollocks to em

[SamplerDoc]

As Alan stated Craigslist has 7 days to remove that erotic section and manully read all future ads before they are allowed to be posted in order to stamp out that naughty stuff.

Like thats really gonna help

They will find other ways to post and get clients.

[robbo]

yes they can advertise guns for sale and give contact numbers..............then go from there