The US just launched its biggest effort yet to compensate victims of human trafficking, setting up a process to dole out $200 million from seizures related to shutting down the notorious online escorts ad service Backpage.com.
In an announcement on Thursday, the Department of Justice confirmed that “this marks the largest remission process to date to compensate victims of human trafficking.”
Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Galeotti said the effort to redistribute millions of ill-gotten gains “underscores the Department’s unwavering commitment to use forfeiture to take the profit out of crime and to compensate victims.” It comes after Backpage’s “owners and key executives and businesses related to the platform” were found guilty of facilitating crimes including money laundering and “unlawful commercial sex using a facility in interstate or foreign commerce,” the DOJ said.
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