Craigslist, the online classified giant, has recently received pressure from numerous states, once again asking the website to remove the “adult services” area, in order to prevent and stop the exploitation of innocent people.

So far, attorney generals from 17 states have sent Craigslist a letter asking for “immediate action to end the misery for the women and children who may be exploited and victimized by these ads.” Included in the letter is the case of two young girls who reported being sex trafficked through the website.

Although Craigslist took down its “erotic services” section of the website in 2009, after pressure from political arenas, and then implemented a manual review of all ads posted in the “adult services” area, many people are unsatisfied with the review process. There are still numerous ads offering “massages” with pictures of women in revealing clothing throughout the site, and numerous other ads that many people feel have not been reviewed properly. Craigslist recently posted a response touting the fact that 700,000 ads had been denied between May 2009 to May 2010.

The attorney generals who wrote the letters are from the following states: Arkansas, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.