FBI Shuts Down Largest Child Sex-Trafficking Website in America

FBI Shuts Down Largest Child Sex-Trafficking Website in America
FBI agents walk towards a crime scene on Mission Oaks Boulevard following an explosion in Austin, Texas, U.S., March 19, 2018. Reuters/Sergio Flores
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American law enforcement agencies have seized the sex marketplace website Backpage.com as part of an enforcement action by the FBI, according to a notice posted on the website on April 6.

Nearly three-quarters of the cases submitted to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children relate to ads posted on Backpage.com, the center told Congress.

Ivan Pentchoukov
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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