Backpage (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Backpage" in English language version.

Last modified: 03:59:57, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

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aclu.org (Global: 5,691^st place; English: 3,176^th place)

"Anti-Backpage.com Bill Will Shut Down Free Speech". American Civil Liberties Union. Retrieved July 12, 2021.

al.com (Global: 1,049^th place; English: 497^th place)

Roy S. Johnson (January 25, 2017). "Sex Trafficking Victim Sues Backpage.com, Choice Hotels". Alabama.com. Retrieved January 29, 2017. Last September, however, the Supreme Court in Washington state ruled 6-3 that a 2012 suit against Backpage.com by three Washington teenaged girls who were allegedly trafficked on the site, could proceed, in what turned out to be a preliminary blow against the site. Backpage was seized by the federal government on April 6, 2018.

antitraffickingreview.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Blunt, Danielle; Wolf, Ariel (April 27, 2020). "Erased: The impact of FOSTA–SESTA and the removal of Backpage on sex workers". Anti-Trafficking Review (14): 117–121. doi:10.14197/atr.201220148. ISSN 2287-0113. S2CID 219067016.

aol.com (Global: 1,989^th place; English: 1,188^th place)

Brown, Elizabeth Nolan (March 28, 2025). "How Backpage Became MILFS.com". AOL. Retrieved January 5, 2026.

ap.org (Global: 1,968^th place; English: 1,138^th place)

bigstory.ap.org

"Backpage.com raided, CEO arrested for sex-trafficking". The Big Story. Retrieved November 21, 2016.

apnews.com (Global: 101^st place; English: 62^nd place)

Billeaud, Jacques (August 31, 2021). "Ex-Backpage owners head to trial over alleged sex ads". AP News. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
Billeaud, Jacques (September 14, 2021). "Judge declares mistrial at trial of Backpage.com founders". AP News. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
"New trial set for Backpage founders after recent mistrial". AP News. October 5, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2022.

azcentral.com (Global: 1,030^th place; English: 521^st place)

azcentral.com

Kiefer, Michael (September 22, 2012). "Phoenix New Times founders selling company". The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on September 26, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
Kiefer, Michael (September 26, 2012). "Phoenix New Times founders selling company". The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on September 26, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
Hess, Sarah Jarvis, Lily Altavena and Kelsey. "As allegations increase against Backpage, founders have become big political donors in Arizona". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved July 4, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Ruelas, Richard (September 14, 2021). "Federal judge declares mistrial for Backpage executives accused of facilitating prostitution". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
Ruelas, Richard (September 10, 2021). "'I would be raped for money': Former teen prostitute testifies in Backpage trial". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
Ruelas, Richard (September 14, 2021). "Federal judge declares mistrial for Backpage executives accused of facilitating prostitution". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
Richard, Ruelas (April 6, 2021). "Appeals court won't remove Judge Brnovich from Backpage case over Attorney General husband". Arizona Republic.

archive.azcentral.com

Kiefer, Michael (September 23, 2012). "Phoenix New Times founders selling company". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. Archived from the original on July 10, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2015.

berkeley.edu (Global: 621^st place; English: 429^th place)

scholarship.law.berkeley.edu

Ehrlich, Paul (January 1, 2002). "Communications Decency Act 230". Berkeley Technology Law Journal. 17 (1). Retrieved January 16, 2016.

bizjournals.com (Global: 396^th place; English: 190^th place)

Kezar, Korri (December 30, 2014), Backpage.com sold to Dutch company for undisclosed amount, Dallas: Dallas Business Journal, retrieved December 1, 2015

businessinsider.com (Global: 201^st place; English: 139^th place)

uk.businessinsider.com

"Backpage.com CEO pleads guilty to California money charges". Business Insider. Retrieved April 13, 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}

businessinsider.com

Bhardwaj, Prachi (April 9, 2018). "Backpage.com executives have been charged with a 93-count federal indictment that alleges conspiracy to facilitate prostitution and money laundering". Business Insider. Retrieved April 12, 2018.

ca.gov (Global: 352^nd place; English: 167^th place)

oag.ca.gov

"Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces Criminal Charges Against Senior Corporate Officers of Backpage.com for Profiting from Prostitution and Arrest of Carl Ferrer, CEO". State of California - Department of Justice – Office of the Attorney General. October 6, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
Harris, Kamala D. (October 6, 2016). "Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces Criminal Charges Against Senior Corporate Officers of Backpage.com for Profiting from Prostitution and Arrest of Carl Ferrer, CEO" (Press release). State of California Department of Justice. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
"Attorney General Becerra Announces Guilty Plea by Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer and Permanent Shutdown of the Online Sex Trafficking Website". State of California Department of Justice – Office of the Attorney General. April 12, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2021.

casetext.com (Global: 4,809^th place; English: 2,392^nd place)

"United States v. Lacey, No. CR-18-00422-001-PHX-DJH". Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022 – via Casetext.

cato.org (Global: 5,032^nd place; English: 3,198^th place)

object.cato.org

Backpage v Dart (United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit October 23, 2015), Text.

cbslocal.com (Global: 1,062^nd place; English: 552^nd place)

losangeles.cbslocal.com

"Backpage.com CEO Will Fight Sex Trafficking Charges, Lawyer Says". CBS Los Angeles. October 7, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.

cdt.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Backpage.com Succumbing to Government Is Blow to Free Speech Online". Center for Democracy and Technology. Retrieved June 3, 2021.

chron.com (Global: 782^nd place; English: 402^nd place)

"Backpage CEO to appear in Houston court on prostitution bust". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved November 21, 2016.

cnn.com (Global: 36^th place; English: 26^th place)

thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com

Feyerick, Deborah; Steffen, Sheila (May 10, 2012). "A lurid journey through Backpage.com". CNN. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2016.

cnn.com

Nedelman, Michael (April 10, 2018). "After Craigslist personals go dark, sex workers fear what's next". CNN.

congress.gov (Global: 392^nd place; English: 262^nd place)

Wagner, Ann (April 11, 2018). "H.R.1865 - 115th Congress (2017–2018): Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017". United States Congress. Retrieved July 6, 2021.

cornell.edu (Global: 308^th place; English: 253^rd place)

law.cornell.edu

"Mens Rea". LII / Legal Information Institute. Retrieved July 12, 2021.

courthousenews.com (Global: 4,827^th place; English: 2,520^th place)

McCann, Nick (December 10, 2012). "Washington Drops Online Sex Traffic Law". Courthouse News Service. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (January 2017). "Backpage's Knowing Facilitation of Online Sex Trafficking" (PDF). Retrieved July 3, 2021 – via Courthouse News.

courtlistener.com (Global: 4,387^th place; English: 2,143^rd place)

"Docket for United States v. Lacey, 2:18-cr-00422". CourtListener. Retrieved January 25, 2022.

dmlp.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Backpage.com and The Internet Archive v. Rob McKenna (United States District Court, Western District of Washington at Seattle December 10, 2012), Text.
"Does Washington State's SB 6251 Require Online Classified Sites to Monitor All Third-Party Content?". Digital Media Law Project. Retrieved June 25, 2021.

documentcloud.org (Global: 4,982^nd place; English: 2,747^th place)

documentcloud.org

"U.S. v. Lacey". July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2021 – via DocumentCloud.
"Memorandum: Backpage Investigation". April 3, 2012. Archived from the original on August 26, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2021 – via DocumentCloud.
"Backpage.com Investigation Update". January 16, 2013. Archived from the original on August 26, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2021 – via DocumentCloud.

assets.documentcloud.org

James C. Grant (October 17, 2016). "The Honorable Kamala D. Harris Re: People v. Ferrer, et al., Case No. 16FE019224 (Sup. Ct., Sacramento County)" (PDF). Davis Wright Tremaine. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
California vs Ferrar, et al (Cal. Superior Court December 9, 2016) ("Congress has precluded liability for online publishers for the action of publishing third party speech and thus provided for both a foreclosure from prosecution and an affirmative defense at trial. Congress has spoken on this matter and it is for Congress, not this Court, to revisit."), Text.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Blunt, Danielle; Wolf, Ariel (April 27, 2020). "Erased: The impact of FOSTA–SESTA and the removal of Backpage on sex workers". Anti-Trafficking Review (14): 117–121. doi:10.14197/atr.201220148. ISSN 2287-0113. S2CID 219067016.

eff.org (Global: 4,491^st place; English: 3,102^nd place)

"Washington State Drops Defense of Unconstitutional Sex Trafficking Law". Electronic Frontier Foundation. December 6, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
Reitman, Rainey (July 6, 2015). "Caving to Government Pressure, Visa and MasterCard Shut Down Payments to Backpage.com". Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
"M.A. v. Village Voice Media, 809 F.Supp.2d 1041 (E.D. Miss. 2011)". Electronic Frontier Foundation. November 5, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
"Internet Archive v. Hoffman". Electronic Frontier Foundation. June 26, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
Cope, Sophia (January 29, 2015). "SAVE Act Passes in House, Comes One Step Closer to Unnecessarily Chilling Online Speech". Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
Cope, Sophia (January 12, 2017). "Government Pressure Shutters Backpage's Adult Services Section". Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved July 3, 2021.

ericgoldman.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

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Goldman, Eric (August 17, 2011). "Backpage Gets 47 USC 230 Defense for Prostitution Ads–M.A. v. Village Voice". Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
Goldman, Eric (March 30, 2018). "District Court Ruling Highlights Congress' Hastiness To Pass 'Worst of Both Worlds FOSTA' – Doe 1 v. Backpage". Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
Goldman, Eric (November 10, 2016). "Backpage Can't Challenge the SAVE Act – Backpage v. Lynch". Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
Goldman, Eric (August 24, 2017). "Backpage Executives Must Face Money Laundering Charges Despite Section 230-People v. Ferrer". Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Retrieved July 2, 2021.

findlaw.com (Global: 2,070^th place; English: 1,114^th place)

caselaw.findlaw.com

"Jane Doe No. 1 v. Backpage.com LLC". March 14, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2021 – via Findlaw.

fitzgibbonmedia.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Exposing Backpage.com". Fitzgibbon Media. Retrieved January 21, 2016.

forbes.com (Global: 71^st place; English: 54^th place)

Fisher, Daniel. "Backpage Takes Heat, But Prostitution Ads Are Everywhere". Forbes. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
Ruvolo, Julie (June 26, 2012). "Sex, Lies and Suicide: What's Wrong with the War on Sex Trafficking". Forbes. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
Goldman, Eric (July 30, 2016). "Overzealous Legislative Effort Against Online Child Prostitution Ads at Backpage Fails, Providing a Big Win for User-Generated Content". Forbes. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
Goldman, Eric. "Big Win For Free Speech Online In Backpage Lawsuit". Forbes. Retrieved June 25, 2021.

gao.gov (Global: 3,529^th place; English: 2,046^th place)

"Sex Trafficking: Online Platforms and Federal Prosecutions". Government Accountability Office. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
"Sex Trafficking: Online Platforms and Federal Prosecutions" (PDF). Government Accountability Office. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 27, 2021. Retrieved July 7, 2021.

go.com (Global: 97^th place; English: 79^th place)

abcnews.go.com

"Indictment levels new charges against Backpage.com officials". ABC News. July 28, 2018. Archived from the original on July 28, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2021.

govinfo.gov (Global: 1,755^th place; English: 831^st place)

"Backpage.com's Knowing Facilitation of Online Sex Trafficking". GovInfo. Retrieved July 4, 2021.

huffingtonpost.ca (Global: 3,420^th place; English: 2,336^th place)

Amatulli, Jenna; Reilly, Ryan J. (April 9, 2018). "Backpage.com Founders Indicted For Facilitating Prostitution On Site". HuffPost Canada. Retrieved April 13, 2018.

ibtimes.com (Global: 1,495^th place; English: 1,080^th place)

Dellinger, A. J. (January 10, 2017). "Backpage Claims Censorship, Closes Adult Ads Over Pressure From Government Alleging Child Sex Trafficking". International Business Times. Retrieved July 4, 2021.

justia.com (Global: 673^rd place; English: 333^rd place)

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"Backpage.com et al v. McKenna et al, No. 2:2012cv00954 - Document 69 (W.D. Wash. 2012)". Justia Law. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
"Backpage.com, LLC v. Dart, No. 15-3047 (7th Cir. 2015)". Justia Law. Retrieved June 25, 2021.

docs.justia.com

"LLC v. Cooper et al". Justia Dockets & Filings. Retrieved June 25, 2021. AMENDED ORDER: The Court ADOPTS all of its factual findings and legal conclusions contained in the January 3 Order into this Order, and GRANTS summary judgment for Backpage for Backpage.com

justice.gov (Global: 884^th place; English: 477^th place)

"Northern District of Texas | U.S. Attorney's Office Shuts Down Website Promoting Prostitution and Sex Trafficking, Indicts Owner". United States Department of Justice. June 19, 2020.

latimes.com (Global: 32^nd place; English: 21^st place)

Hamilton, Matt (October 7, 2016). "Backpage says criminal charges by Kamala Harris are 'election year stunt'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 21, 2016.

lawandcrime.com (Global: low place; English: 6,094^th place)

Cuniff, Meghann (September 2, 2022). "Backpage Founders Ask Appeals Court to Toss Prostitution Indictment Because of Prosecutorial 'Goading'". Law & Crime. Retrieved October 14, 2022.

medialaw.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Hermes, Jeff (July 2015). "Media Law Letter: Backpage Obtains TRO to Stop Interference with Payment Processing for Adult Ads". Media Law Resource Center. pp. 31–39.

miaminewtimes.com (Global: 2,859^th place; English: 1,532^nd place)

Media, Village Voice (October 25, 2011). "Village Voice Media Responds to Clergy". Miami New Times. Retrieved June 13, 2021.

nbcnews.com (Global: 156^th place; English: 101^st place)

Jamieson, Alastair; Connor, Tracy (January 10, 2017). "Backpage pulls adult ads and accuses government of 'censorship'". NBC News. Reuters. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
"Sales director for Backpage.com pleads guilty to conspiracy". NBC News. The Associated Press. August 18, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2021.

nymag.com (Global: 525^th place; English: 339^th place)

"Can New Owner Michael Lacey Make the Village Voice Relevant Again?". New York Magazine. November 3, 2005. Retrieved June 1, 2021.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Carr, David (October 31, 2011). "Fighting Over Online Sex Ads". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
Kristof, Nicholas (January 25, 2012). "Opinion | How Pimps Use the Web to Sell Girls". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
Kristof, Nicholas (November 1, 2014). "Teenagers Stand Up to Backpage". The New York Times. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
Kristof, Nicholas (March 17, 2012). "Where Pimps Peddle Their Goods". The New York Times. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
Kristof, Nicholas (March 31, 2012). "Financers and Sex Trafficking". The New York Times. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
Mele, Christopher (October 6, 2016). "C.E.O. of Backpage.com, Known for Escort Ads, Is Charged with Pimping a Minor". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
Astor, Maggie (April 12, 2018). "Backpage Chief Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy and Money Laundering". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 19, 2019.

pahomepage.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Billeaud, Jacques (September 8, 2021). "Defense lawyers say 1st Amendment protected ads on Backpage". PAHomepage.com. Retrieved September 19, 2021.

pbs.org (Global: 260^th place; English: 176^th place)

Billeaud, Jacques (November 16, 2023). "Backpage founder Michael Lacey convicted of money laundering". PBS NewsHour. Associated Press. Retrieved November 17, 2023.

phoenixnewtimes.com (Global: 3,434^th place; English: 1,780^th place)

phoenixnewtimes.com

"About Us". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
Stern, Ray (September 27, 2012). "Michael Lacey Talks About Selling New Times and Village Voice Media to Trusted Colleagues". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
Stern, Ray (September 27, 2012). "Michael Lacey Talks About Selling New Times and Village Voice Media to Trusted Colleagues". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved June 22, 2021.

images.phoenixnewtimes.com

"California v. Ferrer" (PDF). December 23, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 25, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2017.

politico.com (Global: 243^rd place; English: 130^th place)

"Kamala Harris helped shut down Backpage.com. Sex workers are still feeling the fallout". Politico. September 15, 2024.
Gerstein, Josh (October 25, 2016). "Backpage wins by losing in suit over new trafficking law". Politico. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
Gerstein, Josh (January 9, 2017). "Under Senate pressure, Backpage shutters adult section". Politico. Retrieved July 3, 2021.

psmag.com (Global: 9,898^th place; English: 6,429^th place)

Grant, Melissa Gira (August 9, 2017). "What's Behind the Backpage Prosecution?". Pacific Standard. Retrieved July 2, 2021.

reason.com (Global: 2,693^rd place; English: 1,431^st place)

Brown, Elizabeth Nolan (January 10, 2017). "Backpage Shutters 'Adult' Ads Section Following Years of Government Bullying". Reason. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
"The Senate Accused Them of Selling Kids for Sex. The FBI Raided Their Homes. Backpage.com's Founders Speak for the First Time". Reason. August 21, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
"Backpage.com Wins First Amendment Victory Against Censorious Sheriff". Reason. December 1, 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
"Backpage.com Sues Federal Government Over SAVE Act". Reason. December 15, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
"Kamala Harris's Dishonest Campaign To Destroy Backpage.com". Reason. August 20, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
"Former Backpage.com Heads Say Pimping Charges Motivated by Politics, Not Facts". Reason. October 20, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
Brown, Elizabeth Nolan (April 16, 2018). "Backpage Plea to Texas Sex Trafficking Charge Turns On CEO's Admission to Brokering Adult Prostitution". Reason. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
Brown, Elizabeth Nolan (January 10, 2017). "Backpage Shutters 'Adult' Ads Section Following Years of Government Bullying". Reason. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
Brown, Elizabeth Nolan (April 7, 2023). "5 years after the Backpage shutdown, sex workers—and free speech—are still suffering". Reason. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
"Backpage Backed Into Corner Over Adult Ads. Is Government's Goal a Goodbye to Sex Trafficking, or Free Speech?". Reason. January 13, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
Brown, Elizabeth Nolan (August 21, 2018). "The Senate Accused Them of Selling Kids for Sex. The FBI Raided Their Homes. Backpage.com's Founders Speak for the First Time". Reason. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
Brown, Elizabeth Nolan (September 14, 2021). "Biased Testimony in Backpage Case Triggers Mistrial". Reason. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
Brown, Elizabeth Nolan (January 20, 2022). "Maggy Krell Repackages Her Bogus Backpage Prosecution Into a Book". Reason. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
Brown, Elizabeth Nolan (September 22, 2022). "Retrial of Backpage execs wouldn't be double jeopardy, court says". Reason. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
Brown, Elizabeth Nolan (November 15, 2018). "The Backpage Scandal Isn't What You Think". Reason. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
Detrick, Paul (June 26, 2019). "The War on Backpage.com Is a War on Sex Workers". Reason. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
Brown, Elizabeth Nolan (August 26, 2019). "Secret Memos Show the Government Has Been Lying About Backpage All Along". Reason. Retrieved July 4, 2021.

reuters.com (Global: 38^th place; English: 30^th place)

reuters.com

Brice, Makini; Mason, Jeff; Oatis, Jonathan (April 11, 2018). "Trump signs law to punish websites for sex trafficking". Reuters. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
Lynch, Sarah N. (April 9, 2018). "Backpage.com founders, others indicted on prostitution-related charges". Reuters. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
Whitcomb, Dan. "Woman sues Facebook, claims site enabled sex trafficking". Reuters. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
Whitcomb, Dan (April 16, 2019). "Wisconsin man found guilty of sex trafficking on now-defunct Backpage.com". Reuters. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
Whitcomb, Dan (April 30, 2019). "Florida man imprisoned for trafficking girl, 14, via Backpage.com". Reuters. Retrieved April 30, 2019.

in.reuters.com

Francescani, Chris; Damouni, Nadia (September 24, 2012). "Village Voice newspaper chain to split from controversial ad site". Reuters. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.

ropesgray.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"With New Evidence from U.S. Senate Report, Ropes & Gray Files Another Lawsuit Against Backpage.com, its CEO and Owners". Ropes & Gray. Retrieved July 6, 2021.

sacbee.com (Global: 2,919^th place; English: 1,467^th place)

Smith, Darrell (October 13, 2016). "Backpage.com CEO, partners to be released on bail". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved July 1, 2021.

scotusblog.com (Global: 6,074^th place; English: 2,913^th place)

"Doe v. Backpage.com LLC". SCOTUSblog. Retrieved June 25, 2021.

seattletimes.com (Global: 449^th place; English: 222^nd place)

Salter, Jim (September 17, 2010). "Mo. girl sues Village Voice Media over sex ads". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
Irvine, Martha (August 16, 2015). "Backpage ad site: Aider of traffickers, or way to stop them?". Seattle Times. Seattle, Washington. Retrieved February 17, 2016.

semanticscholar.org (Global: 15^th place; English: 8^th place)

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