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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
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Backpage.com CEO pleads guilty to charges after site dubbed ‘online brothel’ shut downFederal 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.ConsumerApr 12, 2018
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Founders of Backpage.com indicted in alleged scheme to knowingly facilitate prostitutionTwo founders of Backpage.com and five others who work for the classified advertising site have been indicted on federal chargesCrimeApr 9, 2018
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Sex marketplace Backpage.com seized by U.S. authoritiesU.S. law enforcement agencies have seized the sex marketplace website Backpage.com as part of an enforcement action by the FBI, according to a posting on its website on Friday.CrimeApr 6, 2018
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Canadian police mixed over U.S. shutdown of adult section on Backpage.comBackpage, which hosts everything from child care to real estate ads, shuttered all adult sections in the U.S. on Monday, hours before a U.S. Senate committee released a report alleging the site has created a lucrative marketplace that makes child sex trafficking easier.CanadaJan 12, 2017
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