A prostitution ring in Queens NY went down when using Craigslist to promote its business, several people were arrested in a sting operation, they were charged for promoting prostitution and money laundering. Authorities said they will continue doing sting operations to catch more people.
All this came to authorities attention for the recent attacks on two masseuses in Rhode Island. They posted an ad offering personal services, apparently, the reason of the attacks is robbery; they met their costumers in luxury hotels and got robbed and attacked by costumers.
On the other side, Craigslist said they are cooperating with the police, and made the commitment to watch the ads more closely, to avoid more attacks. Recently Craigslist changing the section under Services from Erotic, to Adult.
Check out the Craigslist blog and other related articles.
From: FOX NEWS
From: CNN
So, be careful if you are going to solicit Adult services. There are a lot of sting operations going on, and you don't want to get involved in them.
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