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MeatballPizza ago

There's actually a federal law that if an American travels to another country - regardless of what their laws are - for the purpose of having sex with a minor it's a felony back here in the U.S. and they can be convicted for doing so.

Only seen it enforced in rare cases.

Might be something the FBI can use soon....

vacvape ago

How does that island fair in relation to the US geographically? I'm pretty sure laws are a lottery of exemptions.

PizzaAccount ago

There's a law that pretty much says breaking a law in another country is the same as breaking it here, even if the activity isn't illegal in the U.S. For example, if you were to illegally smuggle fish out of Venezuela, but the fish aren't illegal to import to the U.S., you can still be charged in the U.S. for the smuggling.

fogdryer ago

And why can we do nothing

MeatballPizza ago

Didn't know about that one, but this law was passed because there was pedo tourism industry. Was meant to stop that.