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Taking down Backpage, fighting the world's largest sex trafficker, Maggy Krell

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-176)

contains biographical information

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Taking down Backpage

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Maggy Krell

fighting the world's largest sex trafficker

"For almost a decade, Backpage.com was the world's largest sex trafficking operation. Seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day, in 800 cities throughout the world, Backpage ran thousands of listings advertising the sale of vulnerable young people for sex. Reaping a cut from every transaction, the owners of the website raked in millions of dollars. But many of the people in the advertisements were children, as young as 12, and forced into the commercial sex trade through fear, violence, and coercion. In this book, California prosecutor Maggy Krell tells the story of how she and her team prevailed against this sex trafficking monolith. Beginning with her early career as a young district attorney, she shares the evolution of the anti-human trafficking movement. Through a combination of memoir and legal insight, Krell reveals how her team started with the prosecution of street pimps and ultimately ended with the take down of the largest purveyor of human trafficking in the world. She shares stories of interviews with victims, sting operations, court cases, and the personal struggles that were necessary to bring Backpage executives to justice. Finally, Krell examines the state of sex trafficking after Backpage and the crucial work that still remains"--Adapted from the book jacket

The motel -- Operation Wilted Flower -- American sex trafficking -- Backpage -- The business -- Running out of time -- Flight 21 -- Round 1 -- Winter -- The breakdown -- Afterword: Human trafficking in the post-Backpage era

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