There has been a challenge made by Craigslist that has been termed the classified site as “a cesspool of crime”.

William ‘Clint’ Powell, the director of customer service and law enforcement relations at online advertising firm Craigslist, told a House Judiciary subcommittee on Wednesday that the site – which abruptly removed the adult services category in the US on Sept. 3 – currently has “no plans” of restoring the deleted adult services section. 

Yielding to the pressure of its critics, the online classified giant Craigslist announced on Wednesday that it will erase its erotic services section and, but in its place, will start a new adult category.

Craigslist is not a pimp, said Jim Buckmaster, the CEO of Craigslist, on Friday, reacting to the lawsuit filed by Chicago's Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, in which Dart alleged that Craigslist was playing the role of a "web pimp" by posting "child prostitution ads" in its "erotic services" section.

Craigslist is in legal trouble for posting "child prostitution ads"! Yes, the popular national classified-ad Web site, Craigslist is accused of posting juvenile prostitution ads in its "erotic services" section.