Craigslist and Human Trafficking

As you may have heard, Craigslist has decided to drop its "erotic services" section and replace it with an "adult services" section. Polaris Project has directly witnessed a dehumanizing misuse of the "Erotic Services" section by sex traffickers, and has engaged with Jim Buckmaster, the CEO of Craigslist, to assist in taking much needed steps to stop sex trafficking pimps from using Craigslist to fuel commercial sexual exploitation. Click here to read an Associated Press article about this issue and here to read a letter z(dated April 6, 2009) to Mr. Buckmaster from Ambassador Mark Lagon, Executive Director of Polaris Project.