How Tony Ortega Got His Salary From Child Sex Trafficking
Carl Ferrer, Michael Lacey, James Larkin
Anthony “Tony” Ortega
After Backpage.com created the marketplace, Tony Ortega helped sex traffickers create and develop the content of their ads on the site so they could profit from each ad.
When law enforcement began to scrutinize the illegal activity occurring on Backpage, Ortega’s bosses took steps to help sex traffickers create ads that would avoid detection by law enforcement so that they could continue to profit from those ads.
