Posted on 06/19/2002 7:27:35 PM PDT by Retired Chemist
TAMPA, Fla., June 19 — The operators of a Florida Web site that served as an international advertising hub for prostitutes have been arrested following a two-year investigation, police said Wednesday.
THE TAMPA-BASED Web site, Bigdoggie.net, carried advertisements from prostitutes in the United States, Britain, Canada, France, Germany and South Africa that enabled then to arrange dates with customers, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
About 50,000 people worldwide paid $129.95 per year to join the Web site, which gave them access to the list of “escorts,” some of whom offered discounts for members, as well as customer reviews of the woman and lists of their “specialties.”
Some of the dates with adult movie star actresses cost as much as $17,000 for a night, the sheriff’s office said.
“If you were computer literate and had a laptop and you were a businessman, anywhere you traveled you could use this Web site to get ... a date for a particular evening,” Hillsborough County Sheriff Cal Henderson said Tuesday at a news conference to announce the arrests.
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