Taking Down Backpage: Fighting the World's Largest Sex Trafficker

by Maggy Krell

Book Overview

Insider details from the takedown of Backpage, the world's largest sex trafficker, by the prosecutor who led the charge

For almost a decade, Backpage.com was the world's largest sex trafficking operation. Seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day, in 800 cities throughout the world, Backpage ran thousands of listings advertising the sale of vulnerable young people for sex. Reaping a cut off every transaction, the owners of the website...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479803049
• ISBN13: 9781479803040
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"