Do they or don’t they? That’s the question at the heart of a suit filed by Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart against online classifieds site Craigslist.
He’s taking the site to court, alleging that its erotic services section knowingly promotes prostitution. At a news conference, Dart called the ads "the single largest source of prostitution in the nation" and that Craigslist "catered their site so it facilitates [prostitution], where you can actually and more specifically and quickly get to what you want."
"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," he said.
