7 Arrested In NYC Craigslist Prostitution Ring:

Craigslist faces prostitution controversy in NY:

I’m actually not a fan of all parties involved but more on that later.

Anyway, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced the bust of a major prostitution ring that operated on craigslist. 45-year-old Scott Sal Rosenberg and 31-year-old Josef Davenport, plus 5 others, have been indicted for running an escort service known as Room Service Entertainment which New York officials say is nothing more than a prostitution ring.

The operation ran from June 2007 through December 2008, servicing the New York City region, though it initially began with ads in the Village Voice and other New York City periodicals.

According to the AG’s office in did the majority of its business on craigslist.

In craigslist’s defense Jim Buckmaster contends that the operation took place prior to the recent changes of craigslist’s erotic services.

First off, in my opinion, Andrew Cuomo is nothing more than an opportunist. He’s jumping on the bash craigslist bandwagon after several other AGs have made the news recently because of craigslist. Once again Cuomo is late to the party just like he was when MySpace was the favorite target of AGs. If the operation ceased in 2008 why did it take almost 6 months to make the indictments? The timing is awfully suspicious.

Now on to Mr. Buckmaster as usual. An escort service was busted in this operation. This is the kind of ‘legitimate business’ that is supposed to be advertising now in the adult services section of craigslist. Also, this bust shows that law enforcement is also targeting other avenues of prostitution advertisements to make their busts.