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I'm probably like 15, 20 minutes from there. okay? >> the out of town target? a self-proclaimed sicilian latina hottie, alexis sweets, whose backpage ad promises men pleasure and delight for the night for $160 an hour. working as backup, officer bob follows decoy dan to an undisclosed location. >> then north to algonquin. >> all right, i'm just going to follow you. >> detective bob explains this in-call operation is a more complicated game of cat and mouse. the seller of sex is completely in charge. >> they tell you the general vicinity where they want you to go. you get to that spot or that i...

Are no different than our children, and the reason that they're doing what they're doing now has a long history, and it's an ugly history, and people need to understand that. you okay now? >> the task force in cook county is one of the more aggressive local law enforcement efforts aimed at both rescuing trafficked women and arresting the traffickers and johns who exploit them. >> what's going on at the hotels? we good? >> special operation leaders mike anton takes the lead. >> we do prostitution stings. our goal is to try to find the girls that are being trafficked and are being pimped out on ...

>> first of all, there's hundreds of sites out there. backpage has taken a hit because they're the largest. they're making millions of dollars off that. they know what's going on. they've acknowledged what's going on. they're not going to make an effort to stop it because they're making so much money. >> the cook county task force also includes crisis counselors like brenda powell, a former prostitute, who now works the other side of the street, reaching out and offering guidance to girls and young women trapped in the life. >> in the 25 years i was in prostitution, i've been shot five times, ...

$250. >> we're coming in. >> officers quickly i.d. alexis sweets as 21-year-old chanel from california. >> and you're on backpage, right? you posted yourself? >> yes, sir. >> with the click of a mouse, internet website backpage makes it possible for this internet college student to sell herself 2,000 miles from home. >> you're under arrest for prostitution. we're going to take you in. >> calm and cooperative, chanel claims she operates alone. >> how are you posting? >> either posting on that computer or have my best friend post from her my iphone or post from my iphone. >> a quick search of th...

>> in 2009 cook county sheriff tom dart was part of the legal effort to stop down the erotic services section of craigslist. >> just calling to see if you have anything available for today. >> now his troops are taking aim at backpage, which he says makes millions from the misery of others. >> if we have a website that puts on hits for spouses. well, we're not putting on the hits for the spouses. we just set up the website. we are then telling law enforcement. yeah, the problem is by the time we get there, the people are all dead already. so we rather you take the website down. i mean, come on...