Chicago Adult Entertainment: Craigslist closes out adult services pages

Madigan and Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart have been among local leaders trying to get the company to more closely monitor the site, which has been a haven for sex workers, customers seeking prostitution services and even sex trafficking.
“Investigations we conducted revealed very little, if any legitimate services being offered through that link,” Cara Smith, deputy chief of staff for Madigan, told News 720 WGN-AM on Saturday. “The tone of the ads were tamer because Craigslist implemented some screening, but there is no question what was offered for sale, and it was sex.”
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But even after that change was made, Dart’s office filed a federal lawsuit against Craigslist in July, saying that the change in the category name had failed to deter solicitation of prostitution on the site. That suit was later thrown out.
Dart said Saturday that of the 500 prostitution arrests made by the sheriff’s department this year, about a third are from Craigslist, making it the, “single largest source of prostituted and trafficked women in the Chicago area.”

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