Sentence examples for facilitates prostitution from inspiring English sources

Despite police complaints that Craigslist facilitates prostitution, some experts say the Web site also aids enforcement.

That particular section evidently generates a generous portion of Craigslist's annual $80 million income, and Craigslist denies that it knowingly facilitates prostitution.

Its owners face charges of money laundering and facilitating prostitution.

But prosecutors pressed Craigslist to close the section, saying it facilitated prostitution and other sex crimes.

In March, the sheriff of Cook County in Illinois, which includes Chicago, sued Craigslist in federal court, saying that the site was "facilitating prostitution" and asking the court to force the company to close the erotic services category.

A letter from 17 state attorneys general dated Aug. 24 demanded that Craigslist close the section, contending that it helped facilitate prostitution and the trafficking of women and children.

Law-enforcement officials and groups that oppose human trafficking have been highly critical of Craigslist, saying that the adult ads helped facilitate prostitution and the selling of women against their will.

According to a local news station, the move included the indictment of seven people on 93 counts, including some related to money laundering and facilitating prostitution.

Two years later, seven men were convicted at the Old Bailey of 59 counts of offences including rape, trafficking and arranging or facilitating prostitution.

The legal battle Dart just lost was centered around Craigslist's erotic services category (now dubbed Adult Services), which the Cook County sheriff alleged facilitated prostitution and constitutes a public nuisance.

The disagreement escalated as Kutcher accused the Village Voice of helping facilitate prostitution of minors through their classified ads.