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56 Santa Clara L. Rev. 531 (2016)
From Craiglist to Backpage.com Conspiracy as a Strategy to Prosecute Third-Party Websites for Sex Trafficking

handle is hein.journals/saclr56 and id is 565 raw text is: FROM CRAIGSLIST TO BACKPAGE.COM: CONSPIRACY AS A STRATEGY TO PROSECUTE THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES FOR SEX TRAFFICKING Monica J. DeLateur* TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ................................................................... 532 I. Sex Trafficking on Third-Party Websites .................. 539 A. How Prevalent is the Usage of Third-Party Websites in Identified Sex Trafficking C ases? ............................................................ 543 B. Why Prosecute Third-Party Websites for Sex Trafficking? ................................................... 546 C. Current Difficulty with Prosecution of Third- Party Websites - The CDA ........................... 547 1. State Cases ...................... 549 2. Enacted State Legislation ........................ 550 3. Federal Civil Cases .................................. 553 II. Federal Criminal Remedy - The CDA Exception .... 554 III. Federal Conspiracy Prosecution ............................. 559 A . Agreem ent ..................................................... 559 B. Violation of United States Law ..................... 560 C. Knowledgeable Participant ........................... 560 1. K now ledge ................................................ 561 2. W ith that Intent ....................................... 562 D . A ction ............................................................. 563 E. Benefits to Utilizing Federal Conspiracy C harges .......................................................... 564 IV. Application and Case Analysis ................................ 566 A. Source of Data ............................................... 566 * J.D. Candidate, 2017, Northeastern University School of Law; Doctoral Student, Northeastern University School of Criminology & Criminal Justice; M.S. Criminology, 2012, University of Pennsylvania; B.A., 2008, University of California, Los Angeles. Many played a vital role to support me in this research. I am indebted to Professor Amy Farrell for her continued support and opportunities for research, to Professor Daniel Medwed for his help in the development of this topic, and to Professor Natasha Frost and the participants of the Writing/Publishing Practicum for their great feedback on this article. 531

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