A person from the state of Wisconsin has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for intercourse trafficking minors within the Philippines, in line with the US Department of Justice.
Donald a Stenson, 67, travelled to the Philippines a number of instances since 2007 and “repeatedly engaged in sexual activity with minors,” the company mentioned quoting court docket paperwork.
The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, US Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and Special Agent in Charge Sean Fitzgerald of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Chicago.
Officials from the Philippines participated within the investigation of the case along with HSI Milwaukee, HSI’s Manila Transnational Criminal Investigation Unit, and HSI Bangkok.
“Between 2016 and 2019, Stenson lured five minor victims between the ages of approximately 11 and 17 into commercial sex arrangements, engaging in sexual activity with the victims and then providing them with money and gifts.”
The division mentioned {that a} search carried out on Stenson’s digital units confirmed “multiple images and videos of the minor victims, including a video depicting Stenson engaging in sex acts with a minor.”
“The search also uncovered sexually explicit messages with minors and messages in which Stenson discussed engaging in sex acts with the minor victims with John Burgdorff, 66, of West Allis. Burgdorff traveled with Stenson to the Philippines, and Stenson encouraged the victims to meet with Burgdorff, who then also engaged them in commercial sexual activity.”
Stenson, the company added, was recognized based mostly on a CyberTipline Report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
The suspects had been each arrested at Burgdorff’s residence and charged as co-defendants in reference to their intercourse trafficking of those minor victims.
Burgdorff was sentenced in November 2022 to 2 and a half years in jail for participating in illicit sexual conduct with a minor in a international place.
Meanwhile, Trial Attorney William G. Clayman of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) and Assistant US Attorneys Megan J. Paulson and Abbey M. Marzick for the Eastern District of Wisconsin prosecuted the case, with help from CEOS Trial Attorney Kaylynn Foulon.
The case was introduced as a part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative by the US Department of Justice to fight the rising epidemic of kid sexual exploitation and abuse.
The program, which is led by US Attorney’s Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), marshals federal, state, and native sources to raised find, apprehend, and prosecute people who exploit kids through the web, in addition to to determine and rescue victims. — BAP, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
