Posted on 02/23/2006 5:45:23 PM PST by DogByte6RER
My hat is off to the FBI agent who went undercover to bust these creeps.
He must have had to scrub himself under scalding hot water everyday that he came home from work.
I hope that the FBI and other law enforcement agencies are setting up more undercover stings to catch these perverts.
They should be put down like an aggressive, rabid dog.
OMG - don't you know that was an unpleasant asignmnet....
>>sting initiated by an FBI agent who infiltrated the North American Man/Boy Love Association, also known as NAMBLA<<
Maybe they thought they were at the National Association of Marlon Brando Look Alikes convention.
I had the same thought. Guess he drew the short straw on that one.
If I travel to Asia and set off the more powerful fireworks available to the public there, will I be arrested by the BATF when I come back?
An FBI bump indeed
They conspired on US territory to commit a crime and took an actual step toward completing the crime (boarding a vessel bound for their sex tourist destination). That is enough under federal law to establish a criminal conspiracy over which the US has jurisdiction. It is not a crime to explode fireworks, so you won't be arrested by BATF if you "conspire" to do so abroad and take an actual step toward the completion of such. My fee for this smart legal opinion: $100. When can I expect payment?
there is a fairly recent federal law making "sex-tourism" involving children illegal, no matter where the perv hies off to to do it, period.
From the HBO stand-up comedy special, "The Raw Deal". It's a few years old, but I never forgot that line....lol.
Therefore, if I board a plane for Holland, so that I can smoke pot and partake in prostitution, I can be arrested by US authorities?
That is my point though, in that the US is trying to establish its jurisdiction beyond its borders.
You take what you can get when it comes to prosecuting this stuff. If you wait until the perps actually do find children to use you've waited too long. If you pop them on the basis of an expressed opinion you haven't waited long enough. And there may not be a great deal of time between the two.
LOL and still laughing
Planning for your next vacation?
No. Don't need to go to Europe to do those things. 'Medicinal' marijuana can be had in California and prostitutes can be had in Nevada.
Both of those activities are legal in Holland. Child prostitution is not legal in Ensenada, Mexico, where these NAMBLA guys were headed. As another poster pointed out, there are new federal laws against child sex tourism. I believe the statute provides that a US citizen having sexual relations with anyone under sixteen in a foreign country is prosecutable in the US. This is relevant as a few countries have age of consent laws with a minimum age of 12. And a US citizen having sex for money with anyone under 18 anywhere is prosecutable under the new law. The new statute gets around the sometimes difficult aspect of trying to prove a conspiracy (requiring at least two people with an illegal objective) and an overt manifestation of carrying out the conspiracy. Now don't have too much fun in Holland. I bet it is over-rated.
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