Allegation: State Department Officer Traded Visas for Sexual Favors

Townhall.com ^ | 7/8/2013 | Katie Pavlich

[Servant of the Cross]

The State Department seems to have a sexual exploitation problem on its hands. Three weeks ago we learned from a State Department whistleblower who works inside the Inspector General office that officials interfered with internal investigations into sexual misconduct. That misconduct included a US Ambassador soliciting sexual favors from prostitutes and minors.

Now, we're learning a U.S. Embassy official has been removed for allegedly trading visas for sexual favors. Charles Johnson has more:

A State Department officer has been accused of selling visas for sex and money in what may have been a massive human trafficking operation, The Daily Caller has learned.

The State Department acknowledged last week that one of its officials is the target of a probe over “allegations of improprieties relating to a Consular Officer formerly assigned to Georgetown, Guyana” without providing further details. Local media are also claiming the official, who was recently withdrawn from normal duties pending completion of an official investigation, associated with drug lords as part of his visa scam.

The scandal began when executives and tourists complained that their visa applications were being held up, and local media began reporting that a visa official was demanding bribes and sex in exchange for visas.

Penalties for human trafficking are stiff in the United States and the State Department is supposed to sanction countries when their officials engage in sexual exploitation of trafficked victims.

Human trafficking is a serious federal crime with penalties of up to imprisonment for life. Federal law defines “severe forms of trafficking in persons” as: “(A) sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or (B) the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.” [U.S.C. §7102(8)] In short, human trafficking is modern-day slavery.

The State Department is clearly experiencing an epidemic of sexual exploitation in a culture of irresponsibility despite claiming to fight sex trafficking on its website.

"It ought to concern every person, because it is a debasement of our common humanity. It ought to concern every community, because it tears at our social fabric. It ought to concern every business, because it distorts markets. It ought to concern every nation, because it endangers public health and fuels violence and organized crime. I’m talking about the injustice, the outrage, of human trafficking, which must be called by its true name -- modern slavery."

     – President Barack Obama

And as a reminder, the Department of Justice has been ignoring the sex trafficking of minors for years under Attorney General Eric Holder.

Crimes involving minors are meant to trigger an immediate and swift response by the FBI. Instead, these cases were not pursued by the Bureau.

[Servant of the Cross]

Hey, where are the hookers I ordered?! They were paid for with visas!

[Obadiah]

Clinton and Obama have been going out of their way to publicly solicit homosexuals to State. Now why in the world is there any need whatsoever to talk about sexual habits as part of a hiring process, let alone actively soliciting such behavior.

Should it be of any surprise that they then start coming across such incidents as reported here. How many more such situations are out there that have been covered up so far?

[Jyotishi]

Hey there’s a movie in this for (the new) Disney.

[V_TWIN]

Watch out now, That’s the next POTUS your makin’ fun of there.

[Uncle Miltie]

When do we get to rejoin the First World?

[BO Stinkss]

What good is power if you can’t abuse someone?

[Mark17]

Allegation: State Department Officer Traded Visas for Sexual Favors

I am shocked I tell you, shocked.

[txrefugee]

The list of Frau Clinton’s sins will be mind boggling when she runs for what’s left of the presidency after Obama. They go back to the Rose Law firm in Little Rock, through the two terms as First Enabler to her horn dog husband, and straight into her gig as SOS. If Republicans had any mosey, they could beat her soundly.

[dennisw]

Yes will mostly be gay sex trading going on here here. Gays love travel to exotic places with all those sweaty swarthy exotic mens to poke them .......

[zerosix]

Rush was right (what else) about watching this woman age before our very eyes!

It's NOT a pretty sight!!

I know, I know, aging is difficult, I look at my mirror each and every day and sometimes, I'm not happy about what I'm seeing but........still.

[vikingd00d]

>>Now, we’re learning a U.S. Embassy official has been removed for allegedly trading visas for sexual favors.

“Removed” but still on the payroll. More a vacation really.

>>The Daily Caller has identified the suspect as Edy Zohar Rodrigues Duran

As soon as he was settled in his new digs back in the states he set up a dating profile:

http://www.meetup.com/Over-40-and-Kicking-It-Up-Adventure-and-Social-Club/members/98758552/

Probably no mention there of his former side-business...

[Hildy]

Is this the guy?

[ncfool]

What is going on with this administration?

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/07/07/cameras_catch_mystery_break_in_at_whistleblowers_law_firm

Cameras Catch Mystery Break-In at Whistleblower’s Law Firm

[Servant of the Cross]

The Daily Caller has identified the suspect as Edy Zohar Rodrigues Duran

But of course, I can get you visas from Madame Secretary ... provided your price is right ...

[X-spurt]

Right down Kennedy Lane.

Man, There will be head shaking for years on the slimy stuff that’ll creep out once these Oddies are gone.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

It’s the Age of Clinton.

[gogeo]

Give the guy a break.

How could he have known Hillary would have a problem with it?

As every Clinton apologist has explained, it's **just about sex.**

[OldNewYork]

Are there any pictures out there where she doesn't look insane?

[WellyP]

I just did a search of women in Guyana and of the 60-80 woman I viewed ages 18-40 years I have come to the conclusion that they must have been hunting boys and men! Ok, there were 2, maybe 4 women who I would consider taking to dinner!