2023-07-142023-07-142017-01-10https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14300/344The 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.53 pagesenStaff ReportsBipartisanSenate Bipartisan Staff Report12: Law, Crime, and Family Issues1211: Riots, Crime Prevention, and Crime Control115Yes