"Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer Arrested in Houston on
Sex-Trafficking Charges Including Pimping A Child"
"State Attorney General Kamala Harris led the crackdown and has said that the website which has been called the “world’s top online brothel,” has been profiting from the sex trafficking of adults and children.
Carl Ferrer was arrested after he returned to the United States on a flight from Amsterdam when it landed in Houston. The warrant was originally from California and the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined in the criminal inquiry against the CEO after the company’s Dallas headquarters had been raided. The documents filed in court allege that Backpage.com had been knowingly receiving money from prostitutes who were underage as well as hosting escort ads on the website which led to children and adults becoming sex-trafficking victims.
Backpage actually hosts ads for the sale of a range of items and services, but it has become widely known for hosting ads for “escort services,” and has essentially been operating an online brothel with millions of dollars being made off the illegal sex trade. In fact, in their report on the arrest and investigation the Office of the Attorney General for the State of California Department of Justice, led by Kamala Harris, outlined that nearly all of Backpage’s global income is derived from the “adult” sections, with the ads being posted and paid for by their users. The ads typically featured nearly nude photos of clients with a wide range of sex being offered in coded language.
Paxton went so far as to state that evidence showed that “adult and child sex trafficking victims were forced into prostitution through escort ads that appeared repeatedly on Backpage.” Court papers showed that Ferrer, who is 55, also stands accused of multiple counts of pimping and pimping minors which is a felony. Paxton gave a statement which passionately defended the plight of the children and women caught in a sex trafficking ring.
Read entire article and see photos @: Inquisitr.comPaxton went so far as to state that evidence showed that “adult and child sex trafficking victims were forced into prostitution through escort ads that appeared repeatedly on Backpage.” Court papers showed that Ferrer, who is 55, also stands accused of multiple counts of pimping and pimping minors which is a felony. Paxton gave a statement which passionately defended the plight of the children and women caught in a sex trafficking ring.
The California Department of Justice said that the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children were the ones who initially sparked the investigation, alleging that the website was being used to exploit children and have applauded the arrest.
The center reported that since 2012, in California alone, there have been a suspected 2,900 instances of child sex trafficking through Backpage.com.
The center reported that since 2012, in California alone, there have been a suspected 2,900 instances of child sex trafficking through Backpage.com.
