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To: The Philosopher who wrote (29209)	2/16/2005 12:19:09 PM
From: Bill	Respond to of 90947

They weren't arrested for pedophilia in another country. As I suggested, look up the statutes and you'll find a wide range of laws on performing, soliciting, possessing, conspiring, etc. to have sex with minors.

To: The Philosopher who wrote (29209)	2/16/2005 4:48:14 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 90947

Actually, I'm not sure pedophilia in another country is a U.S. federal crime. Are you? And anyhow, they can't be prosecuted for that since they didn't perform that act (at least in this case). What apparently they're being charged with is soliciting pediphilia, which is a different thing. The operative phrase is "in or affecting interstate commerce." § 1591. Sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud 1 or coercion Release date: 2004-08-06 (a) Whoever knowingly— (1) in or affecting interstate commerce, recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means a person; or (2) benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture which has engaged in an act described in violation of paragraph (1), knowing that force, fraud, or coercion described in subsection (c)(2) will be used to cause the person to engage in a commercial sex act, or that the person has not attained the age of 18 years and will be caused to engage in a commercial sex act, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b). (b) The punishment for an offense under subsection (a) is— (1) if the offense was effected by force, fraud, or coercion or if the person transported had not attained the age of 14 years at the time of such offense, by a fine under this title or imprisonment for any term of years or for life, or both; or (2) if the offense was not so effected, and the person transported had attained the age of 14 years but had not attained the age of 18 years at the time of such offense, by a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both. (c) In this section: (1) The term “commercial sex act” means any sex act, on account of which anything of value is given to or received by any person. (2) The term “coercion” means— (A) threats of serious harm to or physical restraint against any person; (B) any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause a person to believe that failure to perform an act would result in serious harm to or physical restraint against any person; or (C) the abuse or threatened abuse of law or the legal process. (3) The term “venture” means any group of two or more individuals associated in fact, whether or not a legal entity.