GREEN BAY – The end of Craigslist personal ads and Backpage.com this month was a significant step forward in the fight against human trafficking, but only a step. The online advertising sites were two ...

A new report could defend the besieged Backpage.com — and it comes from the same research organization that has been used in the campaign against the classified-ad site. Activists calling for the site ...

When it comes to battling prostitution and child exploitation, the sheriff for the nation’s second-largest county is walking tall and carrying a big stick. That’s why Illinois, Cook County Sheriff ...

(Reuters) – California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Friday filed new criminal charges of pimping and money laundering against the chief executive and controlling shareholders of the website ...

Like Craigslist before it, Backpage.com has shut down the "Adult" section of its classified-ad website, amid a seemingly endless stream of government pressure. In both cases, state and federal ...

Police in York County used a sting on Internet sites Backpage and Craigslist to make prostitution and drug arrests Wednesday, police said. Officers found that ads for drugs were online on Craigslist, ...

The body of Ashley Mays – a 20-year-old woman who was nine-months pregnant — was found strangled to death inside a suburban Atlanta hotel room with zip ties binding her hands and feet. Just over a ...

Here we go again. History repeats itself with classified-ad website Backpage.com's announcement that it's shuttering its "adult" section after years of unrelenting pressure from public officials at ...

Across the country, law enforcement is cracking down on sex trafficking of minors by going after online escort ads. Five years ago, Craigslist was pressured to shut down its adult-services forum. The ...

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