The article I read did not say anything about trafficking. I might have missed it. Regardless, trafficking, as I understand it, is basically kidnapping and shipping people around for various purposes and forcing them to work in legal or illegal ventures. He did not do that. Were the boys prostitutes? We probably get closer to the spirit of the law you mention if that is true.
Again, not defending this guy. The cases where molesters do their time but the state adds on because they don’t want them out bothers me as well. Again, I do not want molesters out, but if you want the sentence to be never ever, then sentence them to never ever or even death. Don’t make it 10 years and then add on later. It sets a precedent for doing this for other crimes and to other people.
How come we don’t read about people who go to Bankok getting busted?
Have at it.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/15/us-thailand-australia-surrogacy-idUSKBN0GF0DK20140815
http://casewatchasia.blogspot.com/2014/08/new-criminal-indictments-filed-against.html
https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=15530
I agree with the sentencing issue, more than you know. Especially today—many kids are charged with sexual crimes while teens and spend their lives branded and unable to build a life.
But, not knowing the circumstances in this case, the perp was most likely caught due to participating in sexual tourism. There is an entire industry built around providing women and children for tourists to abuse them. Prosecution of sex tourism is pretty rare, so this guy may have been caught up in a sting, or turned in by someone who knew of his activities.