Missouri AG asks Craigslist to remove adult ads AP August 24, 2010
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has joined 16 other states' attorneys general in asking Craigslist to drop its adult services section. The attorneys general on Tuesday announced that they sent a letter to Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster and founder Craig Newmark that says Craigslist has not kept a pledge to crack down on illegal sexual activity on the Internet. Koster said in May 2009 that investigators in his office found several Craigslist ads offering sex-for-money or seeking that type of relationship for the Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Columbia and Jefferson City areas. Craigslist pledged in 2008 to better police its site for illegal sex ads. But the letter says prostitution is a booming business on Craigslist and the company doesn't seem inclined to screen the ads. Other states represented on the letter are Kansas, Connecticut, Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. _http://m.dailyjournalonline.com/news/state-and-regional/article_b2ec9e75-19 48-5e98-b531-90d3ff58bd36.html_ (http://m.dailyjournalonline.com/news/state-and-regional/article_b2ec9e75-1948-5e98-b531-90d3ff58bd36.html) Pimp admits transporting minors for prostitution ring Saturday, August 21, 2010 By Jason Laday VINELAND - Javon Gordon, an alleged Atlantic City pimp from Vineland, admitted today in federal court to transporting two girls across state lines to support his prostitution ring, according to officials. Gordon, 28, who used the alias "Teflon," pleaded guilty in Camden, before U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler, to two counts of a superseding indictment charging him with transporting minors across state lines to work as prostitutes for him in Atlantic City. Each count of transportation of minors for the purpose of prostitution carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. The mandatory minimum penalty is 10 years.... According to the United States Attorney's Office, Gordon admitted that from September 2007 until July 2008, he ran a prostitution ring in and around Atlantic City, acting as a pimp and employing both minor girls and adult women to work for him as prostitutes. He admitted to controlling the activities of the women and girls working for him, including requiring them to give him any money they made from preforming sexual acts on customers. Three minor girls recruited by Gordon solicited prostitution clients on the streets and in various casinos in Atlantic City, as well as on the Internet. Gordon used a digital camera to take naked, partially-naked and sexually-suggestive pictures of the minor girls, then posted the images on various websites, including Craigslist, in an effort to advertise prostitution services. Gordon also used Craigslist to assist in his efforts to recruit girls to work for him as prostitutes. _http://www.nj.com/bridgeton/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1282363819202000.xml&co ll=10_ (http://www.nj.com/bridgeton/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1282363819202000.xml&coll=10) Wikipedia - pedophilia allegations _http://www.childlaw.us/2010/06/investigation-confirms-wikiped.html_ (http://www.childlaw.us/2010/06/investigation-confirms-wikiped.html) _http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/06/25/exclusive-pedophiles-find-home-on -wikipedia/_ (http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/06/25/exclusive-pedophiles-find-home-on-wikipedia/) _http://eassurvey.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/problems-with-wikipedia/_ (http://eassurvey.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/problems-with-wikipedia/) _http://eassurvey.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/wikipedophilia-wikipedia-child-ab use-misinformation-clergy-abuse-suit/_ (http://eassurvey.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/wikipedophilia-wikipedia-child-abuse-misinformation-clergy-abuse-suit/ ) _http://eassurvey.wordpress.com/2010/06/26/pedophiles-find-a-home-on-wikiped ia/_ (http://eassurvey.wordpress.com/2010/06/26/pedophiles-find-a-home-on-wikipedia/) _http://eassurvey.wordpress.com/2010/04/30/wikipedia-bomis-and-online-pornog raphy-us-cardinal-ignored-pedophilic-priest/_ (http://eassurvey.wordpress.com/2010/04/30/wikipedia-bomis-and-online-pornography-us-cardinal-ignored-pedo philic-priest/)
