The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized and shut down Backpage.com, and its affiliate web sites. Law enforcement agencies seized the classifieds site, according to Axios.com, due to accusations of hosting ads linked to illegal sex trafficking.
In March, the Senate agreed to send a bill to President Trump’s desk, that will make it possible for victims of sex trafficking to sue web sites, if they knowingly facilitate the crime through the content they host.
According to AZ News:
Seven people have been indicted on 93 counts of several different crimes related to the classifieds website, Backpage.com. The crimes include money laundering and running a website to facilitate prostitution. The FBI confirmed Friday that agents raided the Sedona home of Michael Lacey, the founder of Backpage.com. It is not clear how many have been arrested in the investigation.
Backpage.com is now hosted on the Seized Servers DNS operated by the FBI.
The following domains appear to be affiliated with Backpage.com:
back0age.com
backpaee.com
backpage-insider.com
backpage.at
backpage.ca
backpage.co.id
backpage.co.nz
backpage.co.ve
backpage.co.za
backpage.com
backpage.cz
backpage.ec
backpage.in
backpage.jp
backpage.lt
backpage.net
backpage.pt
backpage.sg
backpage.tw
backpage.us
backpagecompimp.com
backpagecompimps.com
backpagepimp.com
backpagepimps.com
backpagg.com
backpagm.com
backpagu.com
backpaoe.com
backpawe.com
backqage.com
backrage.com
backxage.com
bakkpage.com
bestofbackpage.com
bickpage.com
carlferrer.com
fackpage.com
htpp.org
ichold.com
poshvictoria.com
ymas.com.pt
ymas.pt
Source: DomainTools.
In recent weeks, Craigslist pulled its personals section completely, to remove the potential of such action against the company.
