CEO of Backpage arrested for pimping charges.

[Rockheart]

The CEO was arrested for what officials call the world's largest online brothel.
Many say that internet sites make sex work safer, police say they are stopping human trafficking.
Word is when the erotic services section of craigslist was closed the incidence of street walkers ballooned.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...mping-charges/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...t-sex-workers/

[jaykersh]

I kind of thought BP's move to BitCoin only was a little sketchy. It seems to have opened a door that the CEO should have seen coming. I guess they thought turning a blind eye would help them avoid accountability.

[Rockheart]

I kind of thought BP's move to BitCoin only was a little sketchy. It seems to have opened a door that the CEO should have seen coming. I guess they thought turning a blind eye would help them avoid accountability.

Chicago police somehow got backpage's credit card accounts suspended a while back.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-adult-section

http://reason.com/blog/2015/07/07/ba...-for-adult-ads

Unfortunately they seem to turn a blind eye to most of what is posted.

[craig1aa]

I don't know about the backpage thing . It has kinda become a cesspool of illegitimate ads and bait and switch . I know a lot of good people advertise on it but a lot of scammers do as well . Not cool though if the site is being used for underage prostitution . I have only been scammed once by an ad on BP and will not use it anymore .

[justvisiting2016]

I don't know about the backpage thing . It has kinda become a cesspool of illegitimate ads and bait and switch . I know a lot of good people advertise on it but a lot of scammers do as well . Not cool though if the site is being used for underage prostitution . I have only been scammed once by an ad on BP and will not use it anymore .

If you are into GG escorts it is just a cessspool of bullshit, scams , asian trafficking (all these asian ads for girls offering bareback and this and that for low prices.... they are highly exploited and it is very sad) pimping, drug addicts.... on and on it goes.

At least here in Van, the TS section seems to just be people we know, the traveling girls, etc. ... so it is easy to navigate and I use it for that to quickly see if anyone is here this week that I might want to have a night with.

[craig1aa]

Well said and spot on .

[dom r]

CEO of BP arrested"largest online brothel"sites make sex work safer"stop human trafficking

People who make it illegal for an adult to pay another adult for a sexual service should not have the right to decide for them.That decision should be made between 2 consenting adults and other adults have no place in their decisions.Of those against it,they can decide not to pay for such a service but certainly should not decide for another adult.They wish that sexual pleasures shared between 2 adults should be EQUALLY wanted and for the SAME reason,strictly for sexual pleasure and orgasm.Yea,theres not 1 married couple where women want sex for the same reason men want it,unless he licks out her pussy,if not,he may have to give her his house as payment and ironically this is legal.Just women will benefit without making payment because they can get any woman they want for free.They claim theyre trying to protect women when women can choose to put a condom on it OR they can just do 69.

[dom r]

It has kinda become a cesspool of illegitimate ads and bait and switch.I have been scammed once by an ad on BP and will not use it anymore.

I googled "niagara back page escorts" and after clicking escorts theres a disclaimer that you must agree to, that includes terms, "I confirm and represent that I am 18 years of age or older". I'm glad back page is still running.***QUESTION- ANY CHANCE that some of those female escorts are part of a police sting to (unfairly) arrest a client for paying an adult escort?(im not referring to an adult escort pretending to be a minor or is one, im only referring to just paying an adult escort for her service). Does/did this ever happen on back page where its a set up and a client is arrested?, because what i read last time posters mentioned a client can be charged for a crime if he pays an escort(since what,dec.2015) but the police are not enforcing this, or are they? or can they or do they or will they or i hope they nay day(never)?