by Brian Blum | Mar 25, 2018 | Marketplaces
Craigslist has shut down its popular personals category, which has long been criticized as a base for sex trafficking and prostitution, in response to new U.S. legislation. Congress passed FOSTA, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex and Trafficking Act of...
by AIM Group | Jul 29, 2015 | Marketplaces
The federal judge hearing the case against a Chicago-area sheriff who persuaded two major credit card companies not to do business with Backpage.com said he wants to know whether the companies felt “threatened” This content is part of our business intelligence...
by Patrick Peterson | Jul 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
CHICAGO — The suit filed Tuesday by Backpage.com against Cook County Sheriff Th This content is part of our business intelligence service. Please click the button below to learn more....
by AIM Group | Jul 21, 2015 | Marketplaces
Updated with additional detail, links Backpage.com has sued the sheriff of Cook County, Ill., for persuading Visa and MasterCard to quit handling payments for the site. The Dallas-based company, owned by (still unidentified) Dutch investors, filed suit Tuesday in...
by AIM Group | Jul 8, 2015 | Marketplaces
Two men in the Boston area were charged this week with murder in the killing of a female escort they met through Backpage.com, in a case reminiscent of the “Craigslist killing” by Philip Markoff in 2009. Epshod Jeune, 24, and Derrell Fisher, 21, were charged with...
