The technological innovations and unregulated use of the Internet have created a global medium for men’s sexual exploitation and abuse of women and children. The sex industry has aggressively adopted every new information technology to increase men’s sexual access to women and children.

In the San Francisco Bay area, for several days in October 2008, Craigslist’s own search page listed more than 18,000 advertisements for prostitution – called escort, massage, erotic services, adult services, adult entertainment – and other commonly-used terms for prostitution.

Staff members for Illinois’s attorney general, Lisa Madigan, have counted more than 200,000 sex ads since late 2008 posted to Craigslist in Chicago alone — which they estimate have generated $1.7 million for the company. New York Times April 25, 2010

Organized crime uses the services of Craigslist The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested 14 members of the Gambino crime family on charges of, among others, selling the sexual services of girls, ages 15 to 19 on Craigslist. New York Times, April 25, 2010. FULL