In case you are interested...
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2003/April/03_ag_266.htm
http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2005/46618.htm
The PROTECT Act
An important aspect of the U.S. effort is to strengthen law enforcement’s ability to investigate, prosecute, and punish violent crimes committed against children, including child sex tourism and the commercial sexual exploitation of children. The PROTECT Act (Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to End the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003) was passed by the Congress in April 2003 and signed into law by President Bush. The act serves as a historic milestone for protecting children while severely punishing those who victimize young people.
Of particular note, the PROTECT Act allows law enforcement officers to prosecute American citizens and legal permanent residents who travel abroad and commercially sexually abuse minors without having to prove prior intent to commit this crime. The law also strengthens the punishment of these child sex tourists. If convicted, child sex tourists now face up to 30 years’ imprisonment, an increase from the previous maximum of 15 years.
The PROTECT Act made several other changes to the law with a focus on protecting children from sexual predators, including: extending the statute of limitations for federal crimes involving the abduction or physical or sexual abuse of a child for the lifetime of the child; expanding the potential reach of federal sex trafficking prosecutions by extending federal jurisdiction to crimes committed in foreign commerce; establishing parallel penalty enhancements for the production of child pornography overseas; and, criminalizing actions to arrange or facilitate the travel of child sex tourists.
I am praying that they had the classroom bugged when they were watching (and hopefully they video taped it also) Karr through the school window interacting with the 5 year old. - I believe what he said to the child is in the Arrest Warrant or in Tracey's Email File. (it was near the end pages of one of these files)
I would love to see the FBI go after this creep under The PROTECT Act, but I will not hold my breath. I guess if the FBI was going to get involved we most likely would have heard something by now.