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Justice Department Leads Effort to Seize Backpage.Com, the Internet's Leading Forum for Prostitution Ads, and Obtains 93-Count Federal Indictment

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona, April 9, 2018. Establishes the Backpage.com seizure and the indictment of its founders and executives..

Source type
Prosecutor release
Published
April 9, 2018
Research grade
P1
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16

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Publisher
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona
Published
April 9, 2018
Source type
Prosecutor release
Research grade
Source grade P1
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/justice-department-leads-effort-seize-backpagecom-internet-s-leading-forum-prostitution
What it supports
Establishes the Backpage.com seizure and the indictment of its founders and executives.
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src_doj_backpage_2018

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