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Sex Ads are "Law Enforcement Tip Sheets," says E&P Columnist

By AAN Staff
november 12, 2003  01:18 pm
Sex Ads are "Law Enforcement Tip Sheets," says E&P Columnist
Like many big-city alternative newspapers, sex ads fill the back pages of the New York Press, and. according to the paper's classified manager, "It's not a secret that most of the girls are prostitutes." Furthermore, police officials "in some cities" buy classifieds to set up sting operations and they also "pressure" classified managers to give up the names of their adult advertisers, Allan Wolper reports. "We know that almost every one of those ads involve sex for money ," says Sgt. Chris Bray of Phoenix vice, which places undercover ads in the Phoenix New Times as well as The Arizona Republic. "We make about 10 arrests a month from the ads and get about eight convictions."
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