{"id":88793,"date":"2016-10-06T22:29:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T02:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=88793"},"modified":"2016-10-06T22:29:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T02:29:30","slug":"backpage-com-hq-raided-ceo-arrested-pimping-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/backpage-com-hq-raided-ceo-arrested-pimping-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Backpage.com HQ Raided, CEO Arrested on Pimping Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Texas AG Paxton: Arrest of Backpage.com CEO Shows Texas Doesn\u2019t Tolerate Human Trafficking \/ News Release<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced the arrest of Carl Ferrer, the CEO of Backpage.com, a notorious adult website that generates millions of dollars annually from its classified sex ads.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrer, 55, was taken into custody this afternoon on a California arrest warrant after he arrived in Houston on a flight from Amsterdam. A lengthy joint investigation by the offices of the Texas and California attorneys general uncovered evidence that adult and child sex trafficking victims were forced into prostitution through escort ads that appeared repeatedly on Backpage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking money off the backs of innocent human beings by allowing them to be exploited for modern-day slavery is not acceptable in Texas,\u201d Attorney General Paxton said. \u201cI intend to use every resource my office has to make sure those who profit from the exploitation and trafficking of persons are held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nearly three dozen members of the Texas Attorney General\u2019s Law Enforcement Unit participated in Ferrer\u2019s arrest and the execution of a search warrant on the Dallas headquarters of Backpage, which is considered the largest advertiser of adult escort services in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Last January, Attorney General Paxton launched his office\u2019s Human Trafficking and Transnational\/Organized Crime (HTTOC) unit, which works closely with prosecutors around the state to bring human traffickers to justice. Recently, HTTOC helped the Nueces County district attorney\u2019s office secure a 40-year sentence for the trafficker of a 15-year-old victim.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88794\" style=\"width: 876px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1475805424379.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88794\" src=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1475805424379.jpg\" alt=\"Texas Office of the Attorney\" width=\"876\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1475805424379.jpg 876w, https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1475805424379-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1475805424379-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1475805424379-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1475805424379-746x420.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Texas Office of the Attorney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas AG Paxton: Arrest of Backpage.com CEO Shows Texas Doesn\u2019t Tolerate Human Trafficking \/ News Release Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced the arrest of Carl Ferrer, the CEO of Backpage.com, a notorious adult website that generates millions of dollars annually from its classified sex ads. Ferrer, 55, was taken into custody this afternoon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":88794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Backpage.com HQ Raided, CEO Arrested on Pimping Charges - Breaking911<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/backpage-com-hq-raided-ceo-arrested-pimping-charges\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Backpage.com HQ Raided, CEO Arrested on Pimping Charges - Breaking911\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Texas AG Paxton: Arrest of Backpage.com CEO Shows Texas Doesn\u2019t Tolerate Human Trafficking \/ News Release Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced the arrest of Carl Ferrer, the CEO of Backpage.com, a notorious adult website that generates millions of dollars annually from its classified sex ads. 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