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Backpage.com's Knowing Facilitation of Online Sex Trafficking

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Abstract
The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, on behalf of Chairman Rob Portman and Ranking Member Claire McCaskill, issued a staff report on Backpage.com, the leading online marketplace for commercial sex. The report's findings included Backpage's knowing concealment of evidence of criminality by systematically editing Adult Ads, active knowledge that their website facilitates prostitution and child sex trafficking, and that company founders continue to hold financial and operation control over the company due to its sale through foreign shell companies.
Date
2017-01-10
Document Type
Senate Bipartisan Staff Report
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Document Length
53 pages
Congress
115
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14300/344
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Keywords
Staff Reports, Bipartisan
PAP Major Code
12: Law, Crime, and Family Issues
PAP Minor Code
1211: Riots, Crime Prevention, and Crime Control
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