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‘The Factor’ investigates international underage sex trade

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    Former federal prosecutor Marc Mukasey weighs in

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Fact -- segment tonight is a federal law that's -- any American who travels to a foreign country for the purpose.

Of engaging in any illicit sexual conduct with an underage person.

Can be charged with a crime here.

If convicted its -- could face thirty years in prison.

Was now -- Marcum Casey.

Former federal prosecutors investigated so called child sex tourism cases there's an industry that does this stuff Thailand right.

That's a destination for this -- actually -- tours right.

You're right and you know you're giving -- a lot of credit by calling an industry it's actually.

A bunch of sick pervert twisted people.

Thankfully there are also dedicated law enforcement people that are OK but what I'm saying an industry it's organize your current goal on the Internet.

They they take care of your hotel roam your fly.

They guy Jewell round and all of that right correct and they will deliver you right under age individuals.

For the purpose of committing illicit sexual crimes all right.

Where does this take place we know Thailand is a big center for -- where else.

Mexico.

Honduras.

Dominican Republic I prosecuted a case.

About seven or eight years ago involving an individual a former pediatrician who lost his license for pedophilia.

Who traveled to Mexico Acapulco tourist destination.

And Honduras for the purpose of going to a hotel where he was provided with underage boys.

For the purpose of having a list with sex sexual relations -- how did you find out about it.

Through the dedicated and tremendous work.

The immigration enforcement agents.

They brought the case to us we investigated it we executed search warrants.

We executed.

Six points in his house we looked at his phone records you look at his bank records -- looked at his travel records as the airline records.

Ultimately we were able to convince somebody to testify against them.

We got one of the underage individuals terrible try to bring -- to the United States -- money young boy I mean from.

Mexico.

To testify.

Against this individual he was an eyewitness.

To perverted sexual activity and what did the -- -- Thirty years thirty years already in a federal penitentiary we asked for a life sentence he got thirty years -- it was an effective life sentence.

The FBI had they the ones in charge of investigating these things you know any federal law enforcement agency.

Has.

Alcohol tobacco firearms if they get to tip any of them can bring -- to the Department of Justice for problems we have we the United -- active undercover people in Bangkok Acapulco.

Costs at a -- do we have people working these things I can't speak -- undercover operations -- I can say is as far back as 1996.

The federal law enforcement agencies the federal government have dedicated.

People individuals.

Task force teams to rooting out this problem okay so we may indeed have people watching these places to see if there -- Americans there because I did a series of reports when I was -- younger reporter.

In Bangkok wide open there.

Correct -- and you can't.

And did Bangkok authorities -- cops will protect those brothels with the underage kids to serve on a take on a pet I'll tell you some -- -- the Dominican Republic.

When we went to the Dominican Republic to investigate crimes these kinds of crimes drug crimes.

We didn't tell the local cops that we were there because -- local cops.

Right you -- -- can witnesses will easily off the bad guys bright and this -- this a lot of money that changes hands in this sick world edited it happens in the poverty stricken areas okay.

Very interest and we appreciate you coming in here council thank you very much thanks for having.

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