
A Phoenix FBI official said that there was "law enforcement activity" on Friday at the Sedona, Arizona home of Michael Lacey, one of the founders of Backpage.
Glenn Milnor, FBI Special Agent and Media Coordinator, referred further inquiries to the Department of Justice.
The Department of Justice will provide more information at 6 p.m. EDT (1000 GMT), according to the website posting, which said U.S. attorneys in Arizona and California, as well as the Justice Department's section on child exploitation and obscenity and the California and Texas attorneys general had supported shutting down the website.
Lawmakers and enforcement officials have been working to crack down on the site, which is used primarily to sell sex and is the second largest classified ad service in the country after Craigslist.












Comment: You have to forgive Kay Burley of Sky News - some of these media people find objective reasoning and inquiry to be a little boring.