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Backpage Sex Trafficking Co-Founder Michael Lacey Sentenced to Prison
After years of legal battles over Backpage’s role in prostitution and exploitation of minors, a federal judge sentenced co-owners Michael Lacey, Scott Spear and John Brunst to prison.
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Massive Florida Human Trafficking Bust Arrests 148, Rescues Victims
Demand to purchase sex in Hillsborough County, Florida, was so great that law enforcement needed an extra hotel room to carry out their sting operation.
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From the Highways of Ohio to the Paris Olympics—Human Trafficking Needs to End Now
Human trafficking is a $246 billion-a-year industry, or 0.26% of the world’s gross domestic product.
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Victim’s Story Puts a Human Face on Tony Ortega’s Vile Defense of Backpage.com
A crescent scar etched into Alissa’s tender, innocent cheek, gives lasting testimony to the horrors once inflicted on helpless children by the notorious online brothel Backpage.com.
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Backpage Founders Lacey and Larkin Stand Trial on Charges of Facilitating Prostitution and Money Laundering
The trial of former Backpage.com owners Michael Lacey, James Larkin and five others began September 1 in an Arizona court, in a case that could have repercussions for media and the ethical guidelines it follows to govern its content.
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Tony Ortega: Sex Trafficking Apologist
Tony Ortega, out-of-work blogger and former child sex trafficking Backpage.com facilitator. He would attempt to discredit those who threatened his cash cow.
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Amazon’s New Law Enforcement Facial Tech Stirs Up Protests
With the news that Amazon currently is selling its new facial recognition software, Rekognition, to law enforcement agencies, a number of rights and privacy groups including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have sounded the alarm.
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Lawmakers Demand Justice for Victims of Backpage
How an online hub of sex trafficking weaves a web of lies to keep profits flowing, at untold cost to children’s lives.
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Backpage: Using Emojis to Traffic Children
How an online hub of sex trafficking weaves a web of lies to keep profits flowing, at untold cost to children’s lives.
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Backpage, Tony Ortega and the “Sanitizing” of Sex Ads
How an online hub of sex trafficking weaves a web of lies to keep profits flowing, at untold cost to children’s lives.
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Shutting Down Backpage’s Sex Trafficking Empire
How an online hub of sex trafficking weaves a web of lies to keep profits flowing, at untold cost to children’s lives.
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The First Amendment Doesn’t Greenlight Child Sex Trafficking
How an online hub of sex trafficking weaves a web of lies to keep profits flowing, at untold cost to children’s lives.
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Bring Them Home
Innovative, community-based programs aimed at ending homelessness among veterans are not only meeting, but exceeding their goals.
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Unreported Casualties
We see the staggering numbers, and yet somehow they don’t shock us nearly as much as they should.
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Baltimore’s Dilemma
There was nothing about Freddie Gray that was considered particularly remarkable before his life was cut woefully short at 25 this past spring…
