The operators of the online classified site Backpage.com on Tuesday declined to answer questions from a Senate panel investigating the company’s adult services ads, which lawmakers and law enforcement ...
Teens allege the site profited while they were used for prostitution. July 30, 2012 — -- Three Washington teenagers have filed a personal injury lawsuit against the classified ad website Backpage ...
I added my name to the growing list of humanitarian activists and others fighting against human trafficking by supporting the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017 and The Allow States and Victims ...
The Multnomah County DA's Office is informing sex trafficking survivors about funds for recovery from Backpage's asset ...
Backpage agreed to a $215 million settlement over sex trafficking allegations, with funds coming from seized assets for ...
A Phoenix man was sentenced to 191 years in prison Thursday in a child sex-trafficking case involving the now-defunct website Backpage.com. Alvin Rex Smith, 32, was found guilty of three counts of sex ...
Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this article misspelled the last name of attorney Bruce Feder. The man who managed the website Backpage.com said during cross-examination that he ...
A contractor for Backpage.com has been aggressively soliciting and creating sex-related ads for the sleazy classified ad site, according to a trove of newly discovered documents. The explosive new ...
The world’s premier online sexual marketplace has come under fire from the government for hosting child sex traffickers, raising important questions about constitutional rights. Entertainment Reporter ...
A co-founder of Backpage.com charged with knowingly facilitating prostitution and money laundering will likely be released from federal detention later this week after posting $1 million bond, his ...
“Nightline” has been conducting an investigation for over a year. — -- “Those children were sold, and they simply tried to sanitize it. That, ladies and gentlemen, is the definition of evil”, ...
WASHINGTON - Executives at the advertising website Backpage.com refused to testify before Congress Tuesday following a Senate report that accuses the site of systematically editing its “adult” ads to ...