Backpage.com Prostitution

• U.S. crackdown of Backpage.com puts sex workers in Canada back on the streets, advocates say

  "I think we're going to see a lot of people moving outdoors, and that is going to increase their risk of harm drastically, especially if they've never worked outside before."

  Apr 18, 2018
  
• Backpage.com CEO pleads guilty to charges after site dubbed ‘online brothel’ shut down

  Federal prosecutors say that Backpage brought in a half-billion dollars since it began in 2004, mostly through prominent risque advertising for escorts and massages, among other services and some goods for sale.

  Consumer

  Apr 12, 2018
  
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• Founders of Backpage.com indicted in alleged scheme to knowingly facilitate prostitution

  Two founders of Backpage.com and five others who work for the classified advertising site have been indicted on federal charges

  Crime

  Apr 9, 2018