KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Around $200 million is available for the victims of an online human trafficking platform.

The U.S. Department of Justice says that it has launched a Backpage remission process to compensate victims of human trafficking. This marks the largest process to date to reimburse these victims.

“Backpage.com facilitated the exploitation of women and children as one of the largest online advertisers for commercial sex and sex trafficking over its 14-year existence,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “Backpage and its executives made millions off the trafficking of victims. Today’s announcement underscores the Department’s unwavering commitment to use forfeiture to take the profit out of crime and

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