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?
Planning for your next vacation?
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.