In April 2018, the US Department of Justice seized Backpage and charged seven of its executives with money laundering and facilitating prostitution. The site was shut down immediately, leaving ...
Once popular as free classifieds to buy and sell goods, find jobs or rentals, platforms like Locanto have morphed into digital backstreets for organised prostitution, sextortion and financial frauds.
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