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It’s official, Craigslist used for sex rings

November 26, 2006 by in Risque,Stupid with 6 Comments

Nothing like a bit of local news to enlighten Craigslist users that there are indeed individuals seeking paid sex on the Craigslist message boards. Unfortunately, the defense that individuals merely pay for the company of a beautiful woman did not bode to well.

Rented furnishings and hidden cameras were among the props Seattle police vice detectives used to arrest 104 men who showed up at a ritzy downtown condo in the past two weeks expecting to pay for sex.

Nearly three-fourths of the men who were arrested on suspicion of patronizing a prostitute responded to postings in the “erotic services” category on craigslist, the free online community where people can search for apartments, jobs, used cars, friends and dates. The rest answered escort ads found in the back pages of The Stranger and Seattle Weekly.

“We wanted to prove craigslist was in fact a vehicle for promoting prostitution,” said Lt. Eric Sano, commander of the Seattle Police Department’s vice unit. [...]

Arrestees have included “bank presidents, state employees, business owners, construction workers, physicians and surgeons,” Sano said.

While some may browse the listing for a laugh or two concerning the types of posts and requests made, there are real-life professional individuals who utilize the free boards as a means to to satisfy their sexual needs. Sad that these individuals faced the disappointing reality of meeting police and investigators face-to-face when all they expected was “satisfying” night.


  • chad

    Escorts ;)

    here in Fort Lauderdale they are in EVERY magazine… fully naked and posing with what they’ll do sexually and such… and their hourly rate… but you don’t pay for the sex… just their “company” …. interesting hooker loophole … no pun intended

  • Ross

    People whore themselves out for cash in every imaginable manner, we call this whoring a job. (or marraige in some cases) Why it’s illegal for these types of “jobs” has never made any sense to me.

    Sure, people will blather on about it being immoral, etc, but plain truth is with the exception of preventable STDs, I don’t see there’s anything really wrong a sex worker.

    Craigslists part is no different than any other publication that allows such ads with the exception that it’s free. It’s like a gigantic grocery store bulletin board.

  • http://www.alifelessordinary.com/ Thomas J. Brown

    I’ve always wondered how escorts manage to get away with it, when everyone clearly knows what’s going on there.

    Here in Spokane, we have a couple of “Oriental Massage” places. There’s one on the main drag (Division, for those who know Spokane) called Jo Jean’s. Every time I drove by, I would joke about how it’s probably a whore house. Turns out I was right; a friend of mine paid a little visit there once and told me about it. Surely the cops know about this sort of thing, so why are places like that able to keep their doors open?

  • http://www.overrateddesigns.com Tim

    because The comunity weather have them in a whore house unseen, than on the streets.

  • chad

    @ Thomas

    there is nothing wrong with a “happy ending”

  • jess

    What is the big deal…
    who r we to judge what someone wants to for a job??
    Is long as its off the street why should we care??
    when u go on a date a man pays so whats wrong with paying 4 sex

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