Craigslist Shuts Down "Adult Services" Section Worldwide

You may remember how in September Craigslist decided, with pressure from American lawmakers, to shut down its "Adult Services" section in the United States. That was great news to many Americans who didn't approved of the controversial portion of the classified ads website.

That was great news at the time, however, now comes even better news: Craigslist has now shut down the Adult Services section on its international sites, as well. It's unclear what prompted Craigslist to do this, however, it's a welcome change and we won't question it.

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Craigslist had contacted his office on Tuesday to confirm the decision. Blumenthal was the man who led the charge against the company's adult section. He was against it because it offered sexual services and pretty open ads for prostitution. Blumenthal applauds Craigslist's decistion and says that it marks a major victory against human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of women and children.

Before these decisions to shut down the Adult Services section, Craigslist said that it cooperated with law enforcement authorities in identifying human traffickers on the site. However, critics still didn't like the fact that the illegal business generated a huge profit for the company. For example, this year Craigslist was expected to take in about $36 million in revenue from it's Adult Services section. That's almost one-third of the $122 million it was projected to earn in all this year.

At last, the company has decided for itself to be clean and legal. This will make it easier to detect when people break the rules on the site as well. This will enable law enforcement to keep better track of any illegal activities.