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Sheriff Dart’s Demand to Defund Sex Trafficking Compels Visa and Mastercard to Sever Ties with Backpage.com

Sheriff Dart’s Demand to Defund Sex Trafficking Compels Visa and Mastercard to Sever Ties with Backpage.com

by Mike Pierga | Jul 1, 2015 | Press Release

Visa and MasterCard have agreed to stop processing payments for sex trafficking industry profiteer Backpage.com following a demand from Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart. On Monday, Sheriff Dart wrote to Visa CEO Charles Scharf and MasterCard CEO Ajaypal Banga to...
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