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>> 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...

Our own. >> today's operation is comprehensive, tapping on both the supply and the demand side of the sex for sale equation and focusing primarily on the digital street corner that is backpage.com. >> first of all, there's hundreds of sites out there. back 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 pros...

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