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A screen shot of the website Backpage. Federal law enforcement authorities are in the process of seizing Backpage. A notice that appeared Friday afternoon at Backpage. It says more information on the action will be released later Friday. Two founders of Backpage. A count indictment unsealed Monday alleges that Backpage.

Backpage was a classified advertising website that had become the largest marketplace for buying and selling sex by the time that federal law enforcement agencies seized it in April Backpage's adult services sections became the subject of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation , the United States Postal Inspection Service , the United States Department of Justice , [3] the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigator Division , with analytical assistance from the Joint Regional Intelligence Center over accusations that the website knowingly allowed and encouraged users to post ads related to prostitution and human trafficking , particularly involving minors, and took steps to intentionally obfuscate the activities. As part of his plea agreement Ferrer agreed to shut down the site and give its data to law enforcement. Backpage was launched in by New Times Media later to be known as Village Voice Media , a publisher of 11 alternative newsweeklies, as a free classified advertising website.

Council member David Grosso I-At-Large called on police to suspend arrests and prosecutions of sex workers. Photo courtesy of the Office of David Grosso. Attorney for D. Jessie Liu to temporarily suspend arrests and prosecutions of sex workers involved in commercial sex between consenting adults. His call for a temporary suspension of arrests and prosecution of sex workers comes six months after he introduced legislation calling for the city to decriminalize prostitution for consenting adults.

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