Prosecute Craigslist for aiding sex traffickers

Prosecute Craigslist for aiding sex traffickers

This is very bad and we need to speak out, "Craigslist is in a class of its own, called the "Walmart of child sex trafficking" in a recent CNN report. No other website rivals its notoriety and reach. It is simply not true that shutting its erotic/adult services sections will result in complete displacement of the crime to other websites. Even if it does result in some displacement, police should pursue those sites as well. Since the johns still need to be reached for traffickers to profit, the problem never really goes completely underground.

Instead of shutting down their erotic/adult services section in Canada, all that Craigslist says is they are involved in "an ongoing dialogue" with the RCMP. While this dialogue continues, child and adult trafficking victims are being sold through Craigslist's Canadian websites. Would the RCMP be in a "dialogue" for over a year and a half if Craigslist had a "drugs" section that offered cocaine and heroin for sale, complete with photos? The site would be shut down immediately and Craigslist would be charged with aiding and abetting drug trafficking. Why are children entitled to less immediate action?"

Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Prosecute+Craigslist+aiding+traffickers/3636671/story.html#ixzz11h8Q7Nai

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