Quoting the above article:
"With that, Cook county sheriff Thomas Dart asked credit card companies to remove their association from the services offered in Backpage.com?s adult section. ?Visa?s rules prohibit our network from being used for illegal activity,? said Visa spokesman John Earnhardt"
Spokespersons for both MasterCard and American Express have also confirmed their discontinuation of services related to the website. However, bitcoin payments are still accepted by the website, which Dart says would make it more difficult to catch perpetrators."
Ok. So let me get this right:with credit cards it was easy to trace down the dodgy pimps and any illegal activity but now with bitcoin they just made it literally impossible. Thank you visa, mastercard and Sheriff dart for making the world a more unsafe place for vulnerable women.
Unbelievable.