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Does Backpage crackdown help or hurt effort to stop sex trafficking?

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is backing an effort to close what it sees as a loophole that supports an online market for sex trafficking. They want to remove legal protections for websites like Backpage.com that host prostitution ads. But some in law enforcement warn the effort could be counterproductive. Anna Werner reports.
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