Page 12 - Backpage Com News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

As nightfalls in chicago, a cold rain splashes the streets. today's 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. that's 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 around too. >> the team is about to pack it in when they have one last visit from a women wanting it...

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 like it thaw were found through the combing of the sites not by backpage.com's referring them to the fb...

Buyer of sex trafficking, particularly with children is the united states. we're a first world country but we're 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, we've looked at this a lot over the years. they fiercely defend themselves saying they're a great resource for law enforcement. i interviewed the lawyer that represents backpage.com last year. i want to play part of what she told me back then. >> we have 80% of our staff dedic...

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 -- it's all about money. and it's not just the fbi, it's 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. it's all about the money. and i really think that the public has to say, we all want freedom of press and first amendment. no one wants to sanction or censure the internet but i think these sit...

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 -- it's all about money. and it's not just the fbi, it's 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. it's all about the money. and i really think that the public has to say, we all want freedom of press and first amendment. no one wa...