https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbxqv3/backpage-sex-trafficking-texas-carl-ferrer >Thursday night, the Department of Justice announced that Carl Ferrer, the co-founder and CEO of Backpage, a website frequently used to advertise sexual services such as escort work, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to facilitate prostitution and money laundering. Ferrer agreed to forfeit and shut down Backpage and related entities, and could serve up to five years in prison. >Backpage.com also pleaded guilty to one count of Trafficking of Persons in Texas, according to court documents Motherboard obtained from the Texas Attorney General’s office.