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And hoping youre available sometime today. would you be able to come to me? im at a hotel in schiller park. >> meantime in a room across the hall, female undercovers post fake ads on backpage and lure johns to the hotel. >> are you going to come visit me? what time are you looking at? i charge $90 for one hour be pt is that okay with you? >> he wants to know if i do greek, which is common term for an al sex. >> im in the area. >> cant wait to see you. >> female undercovers make contact with an e...

From california to chicago because theres a higher demand for latino women in the windy city. >> how did you get this money? >> some i made and some i made here. >> were going to count it, all right? >> thats $200, three, you have $408. >> sheriff dart says backpage knows all too well their site is used by pimps and traffickers, not just people looking for massages. >> we have arrested like upwards of 500 people. theyve all been in response to ads about massages and the like and guess what? ever...

As night falls in chicago, the days stifling heat gives way to thunder and lightning and a cold, hard rain flushing the streets. >> police. how you doing? >> how you doing, sweetheart? >> put your clothes on, sweetie. >> todays investigation by the cook county human trafficking task force continues to uncover women from all across america. >> so what am i going to be under arrest for? >> prostitution. >> we had a girl from minnesota, we had a girl from wisconsin. only one girl here from chicago,...

>> danny. >> yes? >> were coming in. suites as 21-year-old chanel velasquez of california. with the click of a mouse, internet site backpage makes it possible for this sacramento college student to sell herself 2,000 miles from home. >> youre under arrest for prostitution. were taking you in. >> calm and cooperative, she claims she operates alone. >> you use the lobby computer to post? how are you posting? >> either posting on the that computer or have my best friend post from her iphone or i po...

Two, it gives pimps or women time to check them out. >> its room 327, and shes watching out the window. she saw me pull in. 327. >> within minutes of arriving at the hotel, dan signals that a deal for sex has been made. alexis offered oral sex and intercourse in exchange for $250. >> were coming in. >> officers quickly i.d. alexis sweets as 21-year-old chanel l velasquez as california. >> youre on backpage. >> with a click of a mouse, backpage makes it possible for this sacramento college studen...

As nightfalls in chicago, a cold rain splashes the streets. todays investigation by the cook county human trafficking task force continues to uncover women from all across america. >> so what am i going to be under arrest for? >> prostitution. >> we add girl from minnesota. we had a girl from wisconsin. only one girl here from chicago. >> yeah. thats it. >> it says a lot for the girls on the back page. they are not staying in one location. they are moving around. they have people moving apple ar...

Show what she said back then. >> we have 80% of our staff to policing and cooperating with law enforcement to prevent cases of exploitation from making it live on the internet so we can facilitate rescues and cooperate with law enforcement to ensure convictions when there are those opportunities. >> we requested liz mcdougal to join us on the program tonight. she declined. we spoke to the fbi further about the sting and they said a significant number of the people rescued were found on sites lik...

Buyer of sex trafficking, particularly with children is the united states. were a first world country but were the biggest offender. it is about the commerce, but my hat goes off to the fbi and those 230 and state agencies who partnered up to get these kids off the streets and punish these traffickers. >> backpage.com, weve looked at this a lot over the years. they fiercely defend themselves saying theyre a great resource for law enforcement. i interviewed the lawyer that represents backpage.com...

Rescued were found on backpage.com, they were found through the fbi combing these sites, not by backpage.com referring victims to the fbi. do you buy that argument? >> i -- its all about money. and its not just the fbi, its many other police agencies, state and federal, local and some international police agencies that point the finger to backpage.com to help these exploiters of children to function. its all about the money. and i really think that the public has to say, we all want freedom of p...

Program. she declined. while a significant number of victims rescued were found on backpage.com, they were found through the fbi combing these sites, not by backpage.com referring victims to the fbi. do you buy that argument? >> i -- its all about money. and its not just the fbi, its many other police agencies, state and federal, local and some international police agencies that point the finger to backpage.com to help these exploiters of children to function. its all about the money. and i real...