AGs continue bait-and-switch
[url]http://www.telegram.com/article/20100508/NEWS/100509748/1116[/url]
The money shot is near the end:
[quote]Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, a national nonprofit advocacy group based in Alexandria, Va., said the company's efforts have fallen short.
He said workers at the center have been able to identify some missing children — mostly young girls — by matching their photos with images posted on the site.
“I think they have done some positive things for which they deserve praise, but all you have to do is look at the site,'' Allen said. “Increasingly, these kids are not being put on the streets of American cities; they're being marketed for sale on the Internet. And the primary place they're being marketed is Craigslist.''
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I'll give the guy the benefit of the doubt, and assume that there [b]are[/b] some missing and exploited children being pimped out on CL. That's real bad stuff: the pimps should be caught and punished, and the kids should be rescued. [b]But it is pure bait-and-switch BS[/b] when they use "missing and exploited children" to put pressure on CL to remove the 99.54% of the ads that are placed by adults for adults. It's the same kind of BS that RI used to make indoor prostitution illegal on the totally bogus grounds of "human trafficking".
Find exploited children on CL
OK, I'll admit it: I am puzzled.
The president of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children said the CL's efforts to police adult postings have fallen short. But then, in what I see as an astonishing contradiction, he says the Center has been able to identify missing children by matching their photos with images posted on CL ads.
Why would the Center then want these ads taken down? Wouldn't their interests -- and the interests of the children--be best served by continued use of CL for 'adult services' postings? Maybe they would be able to use these ads to track down more children and rescue them. Without CL., what tools would they have?
This looks like proof positive that the zealots who wish to impose their version of morality on the rest of us are less concerned with rescuing children than they are with seeing CL ads limited to fake employment opportunities and yard sale announcements!
People involved in sex slavery and kidnapping children should be put away for life with no possibility of parole.(Or better yet, turned over to the families of the children they've abused for some real back country justice) I would think the various interest groups involved in catching them would embrace the use of technology and the net--- but then again I'm just another stupid Hobbyist!
[QUOTE=VilunyaChert][url]http://www.telegram.com/article/20100508/NEWS/100509748/1116[/url]
The money shot is near the end:
I'll give the guy the benefit of the doubt, and assume that there [b]are[/b] some missing and exploited children being pimped out on CL. That's real bad stuff: the pimps should be caught and punished, and the kids should be rescued. [b]But it is pure bait-and-switch BS[/b] when they use "missing and exploited children" to put pressure on CL to remove the 99.54% of the ads that are placed by adults for adults. It's the same kind of BS that RI used to make indoor prostitution illegal on the totally bogus grounds of "human trafficking".[/QUOTE]
Haverhill sting a few weeks ago
[url]http://www.eagletribune.com/haverhill/x383291684/Five-in-Haverhill-arrested-in-prostitution-sting[/url]
Five in Haverhill arrested in prostitution sting
By Bill Kirk
[email]bkirk@eagletribune.com[/email]
HAVERHILL — Five men were arrested last night for soliciting a prostitute after police set up a sting operation.
The men, who will be arraigned in Haverhill District Court today, were arrested between the hours of 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Female Haverhill police officers posed as prostitutes and were approached by a number of men, five of whom were arrested on White, Locke, Emerson and Portland streets.
They are all being charged with soliciting sexual conduct for a fee, considered a misdemeanor punishable by a fine. Most of the men were local, police said.
Salem Bust, 2 Arrested for Prostituion based on Neighbor's Complaint / BP Ad
It was reported in Salem Evening News on Friday that 2 ladies were arrested on Prostitution charges.
In the article they were identified as Mercedes and Rae, who recently had BP ads posted.
The Police were informed by a neighbor of their suspicions and directed them to a BP ad. Police called.
And made an appointment with Mercedes, and subsequently arrested her. During the booking process, Mercedes.
Cellphone was constantly ringing. The Police pretended to be Mercedes, and asked Rae to handle new client. She agreed, met with new client, and was arrested by police.
[url]http://www.salemnews.com/local/x2073122182/Online-ad-leads-to-prostitution-bust[/url]
In the last year, Salem has arrested a few ladies that posted on BP, etc. Arrests were based on "neighbors" reporting suspicions to Police.
Two arrested in prostitution sting. Methuen MA
[quote]METHUEN — A Windham resident was one of two women arrested late Friday night in an undercover investigation into alleged prostitution at a local hotel.
ESCORT 1 NAME REDACTED. 21, of ADDRESS, and ESCORT 2 NAME REDACTED. 34, of Berwick, Maine, were both charged with possession of cocaine and prostitution.
"Some guy who was having dinner called to complain that he was approached by two girls who solicited him for sex," police Lt. Kevin Martin said yesterday.
An undercover Methuen police agent, working under the direction of Detective Thomas McMenamon Jr. And Capt. Kris McCarthy, followed up on the anonymous tip left with police early Friday afternoon.
Police said the undercover agent arranged an 11 pm meeting with a suspected prostitute at the New England Seafood Restaurant and bar, which is adjacent to the Days Inn at 159 Pelham St.
The undercover officer met a woman later identified as ESCORT 1 at the restaurant. While at the bar, ESCORT 1 agreed to perform a "full service massage" for $200 dollars and told the officer it would cost $100 more if her friend participated in certain sexual acts, according to police.
Soon after, ESCORT 1 and the officer went to a hotel room at the Days Inn, where they met ESCORT 2 "who was dressed provocatively," police said.
Police said ESCORT 2 attempted to dispose of what appeared to be cocaine sniffing apparatus and a glassine bag in the toilet after the women were told they were being arrested. Police observed white powder and a straw on the night stand located near a bed. Police also seized written evidence, an adult movie, cash and drug residue during a search of the hotel room.
The investigation determined that the subjects checked in at the Days Inn on March 23 and had advertised for clients on a web site. During their time at the hotel, about nine clients paid $200 dollars apiece for a massage, and several of them ended up having sex with ESCORT 1 or ESCORT 2 immediately after the massage, according to police.
Detective McMenamon located six different advertised listings that had either ESCORT 1'S or ESCORT 2'S cell phone number listed as the contact. ESCORT 1 told police the listings contained pictures of her and ESCORT 2 posing in lingerie.
Police cited the arrests as part of a growing trend where various hotel prostitution rings use adult web sites on the Internet to conduct on-call business throughout New England.
[url]http://www.eagletribune.com/latestnews/x1527123691/Two-arrested-in-prostitution-sting[/url][/quote]Folks may want to avoid calling any BP posts offering incall / doubles in Methuen. Leo has their phones and may decide to accept appointments.
Not too bright for the ladies to solicit men in a bar / restaurant next to their hotel, but I guess their need for drugs won over common sense.
Be safe everyone.
