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Feds: Man Charged In Craigslist Sex Game:

52-year-old James Leonard Wood was arrested by federal agents for allegedly soliciting sex from a 14-year-old over craigslist. However like in a lot of these stories the 14-year-old girl was a US Postal Inspector.

No word on who placed the ad on craigslist but investigators say Wood was arrested while trying to meet the ‘girl’ at the Johnston post office. Investigators say that Wood had sent the girl several explicit messages and had condoms on him when he was arrested. Wood also allegedly claimed that he was planning on having sex with the girl.

Luckily the girl was a federal agent instead of an actual girl that could have been a victim of a potential child rapist. Just think of how many of these situations go on at craigslist since the site is still unmoderated and its users could care less about flagging potentially dangerous ads in the personals and casual encounters section.

Geebo.com has always been moderated and always will be.

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Agents Rush Gas Station In Online Sex Sting:

Agents of the Iowa Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force stormed a Des Moines gas station in order to arrest 53-year-old John Harryman of Norwalk, Iowa.

It seems that Harryman placed an ad on craigslist advertising his sexual services. Agents posing as a 14-year-old girl responded to Harryman’s ad.

Harryman allegedly sent the ‘girl’ explicit photos of himself and lingerie with instructions to keep the items away from her mother.

The agents set up a rendezvous at the gas station in order to arrest Harryman.

Again the article doesn’t say what the ad specifically said but from what I can discern it probably was fishing for underage girls. Which means that the ad was probably posted in the casual encounters section. So with the removal of the adult services section it seems that the pedophiles are now the leading criminal class on craigslist. Like I’ve said craigslist is far from clean. As long as the casual encounters section remains unmoderated at worst and removed at best there will be more of these stories.

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AGs Call for End of Craigslist Adult Services:

Attorneys general target Craigslist:

Missouri AG Chris Koster joins other attorneys general asking Craigslist to remove adult ads:

Ohio AG: Craigslist should drop adult services:

Tennessee AG joins in call on Craigslist to eliminate adult services section:

AGs demand Craigslist drop adult services section:

Gansler among 17 state AGs calling for Craigslist to drop adult services:

Kansas AG Asks Craigslist To Remove Adult Ads:

In case you couldn’t tell this is big news.

18 U.S. State Attorneys General have called for craigslist to shut down the adult services section. Among those are Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Chris Koster of Missouri, Richard Cordray of Ohio, Bob Cooper of Tennessee, Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, and Steve Six of Kansas. Not mentioned are the AGs from Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.

Of course craigslist was quick to pay lip service to the AGs…

Craigslist supports states’ efforts to stop illegal exploitation, spokeswoman Susan MacTavish Best said in a statement that did not indicate whether the website plans to get rid of its adult services section.

Of course they have no intention of getting rid of adult services. Craigslist has a history of flying in the face of common decency.

While this is a big piece of news there’s something missing. It’s easy for these attorneys general to call for craigslist to shut down adult services. There’s only one attorney general who if he put his name behind this movement would have a huge impact. I am of course referring to former governor, former mayor of Oakland, current gubernatorial candidate and current attorney general of California…

Jerry Brown

Attorney General Brown, we may be politically opposed in some of our views but for a man who cares about the environment and opposes the death penalty I would imagine that you would be opposed to the trafficking of women and children that is being facilitated by craigslist.

Craigslist is headquartered in your home state. In my opinion craigslist’s shameful record when it comes to prostitution, child prostitution and human trafficking is a black eye for the Golden State. If I can’t appeal to your heart I will appeal to your aspirations. How much of a huge political coup would it be in your current gubernatorial race if you got the biggest facilitator of human trafficking in the country to get that section of the website shut down?

Mr. Brown, I beg of you to add your name to that of the other state attorney’s general in asking craigslist to shut down the adult services section. Maybe they will listen to you.

Don’t forget, while craigslist is dragging its feet Geebo.com has been human trafficking free since its inception.

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