Re: Meat market
"LEO will now lose an easy source of leads that could have been followed to at least help those being trafficked - even if the organisers had somehow kept themselves away from direct contact. This seems more like removing the underlying problems from sight."
not true - the transient nature of Backpage adverts makes them very hard to trail and log
Much easier with some of the other paid sex sites, where the adverts have a longer presence. There's not much lost in the way of leads by eliminating Backpage