The website, Backpage.com, has faced accusations in various jurisdictions of engaging in sex trafficking, and hundreds of trafficking cases across the country have been linked to the site. Arrest warrants have been filed against Mr. Lacey and Mr. Larkin, but officials said Thursday night that neither were in custody. Documents filed in the case included interviews with children who said they took out ads on Backpage.com after they were forced into prostitution. Mr. Ferrer was subpoenaed by a Senate subcommittee last fall to answer questions about reported child sex-trafficking ads, but he did not show up. The United States Supreme Court refused a request by Backpage to block a Senate subpoena seeking information on how it screens ads for possible sex trafficking.

Source: New York Times October 07, 2016 01:00 UTC