Posted on 08/31/2009 8:53:22 PM PDT by Steelfish
U.S. charges three men with molesting children in Cambodia
They are the first to be charged under an international law-enforcement operation that targets U.S. citizens who travel to Cambodia for illicit sex. They could face 30 years in jail for each victim.
Raja Abdulrahim September 1, 2009
Three American men who are suspected of traveling to Cambodia to molest children have been charged in federal court as part of a new initiative aimed at cracking down on the child sex tourism business there, authorities said Monday.
Ronald Gerard Boyajian, 49, of Menlo Park, Calif.; Erik Leonardus Peeters, 41, of Norwalk; and Jack Louis Sporich, 75, formerly of Santa Monica and currently living in Sedona, Ariz., were arrested by Cambodian police in February, authorities said. They were recently expelled from the country and arrived Monday at LAX in the custody of U.S. immigration officials.
The three men, all previously convicted of sex offenses in the U.S., were charged here in absentia earlier this year with traveling overseas for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors, a charge that could bring up to 30 years per victim, authorities said.
They are the first to be charged under an international law-enforcement operation dubbed "Twisted Traveler," specifically targeting American sex offenders who travel to Cambodia, a country that one U.S. immigration official said was "the world's ground zero for child sex tourists."
"These types of cases are disturbing not only because young, defenseless children were victimized in unspeakable ways," U.S. Atty. Thomas O'Brien said at a news conference Monday. "But also because the defendants went to such lengths to engage in their dark activities overseas."
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Boyajian is suspected of traveling to Cambodia a year ago and molesting a 10-year-old Vietnamese girl...
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Has Bawney Fwank taken any trips to Cambodia recently?
I think Frank, Dodd, Kennedy and Bill Clinton took that trip together with the Mayor of San Francisco
Slow death.
Notice that all of the purps are repeat offenders.
Bring them home and Hang Them!
Tight cage, razer wire and hourly dousing with Salt water
Put them in a barn with a small knothole in the wall ( the purpose of this will become evident ). Set the barn on fire and give them a knife.
Extradite to Cambodia and prosecute these pricks under cambodian law? HELL YES. They were there when they commited a crime.
Allow the USA to enforce it's law on citizens anywhere in the world? NO. I am not a slave of the United States.
DO NOT let your emotions trump the rule of law and your own sovereignty.
“Has Bawney Fwank taken any trips to Cambodia recently?”
You mean, “Has Bawney Fwank taken any twips to Cambodia weecentwee?” Pweeze, get it white!
Elmer Fudd
There are too many judges in Amerika that will coddle them. This leads one to wonder why this may be so.
Under the “rule of law” America has made a law that makes this a crime. They are prosecuting under this law. Cambodia could choose not to extradite but they do anyway so no sovereignty is being violated. So your point seems completely moot.
So American law applies on you as a citizen no matter where you are in the world? F#$% that. Not condoning what they did at all (and condemning it) but US law shouldn't be used because we do not belong to the USA.
We don’t stop being an American once we leave the country. We are still accountable for our behavior. Try making any kind of death threats to the political system of America while you are outside of America and see how long your argument lasts. I will tell you, it will not last. So do not do it. This is simply a rhetorical, illustrative argument.
I don’t know current law but mercenary work used to be illegal for Americans in the 70s and 80s.
This statement sort of indicates that these animals are CURRENT residents of the US. While in theory I understand exactly what you are saying, according to a report I heard earlier, on Fox News, the Cambodian Govt really doesn't have either the legal means, or the money to prosecute these people. And, I believe that there have been "agreements" made with Cambodia specifically for this purpose.
But, I would have NO problems with Cambodia prosecuting if they were able.
Moot point. Your 'victim' in this case would be the United States.
To further illustrate the point. It's illegal to use hard drugs in the USA but it's legal in Amsterdam. Under your supposition should Americans partaking of legal substances outside the USA be prosecuted under American laws?
Americans are not slaves to the government. While these crimes are despicable it is for the Cambodians to enforce not us.
But it is also illegal in Cambodia to do what these guys are doing. Cambodia does not have the will to enforce these laws so they set these guys over for extradition. Now if what these guys did was legal in Cambodia it would be another story. There would be no extradition proceedings. Federal agents would probably be waiting for them when they returned.
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