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Man Allegedly Paid For Sex in
Nicaragua With Girl, 4
(Associated Press)
A vice president of a travel company is
accused of plying a maid in Nicaragua who
earned $32 per month with small gifts like a
cellphone and a bottle of perfume so he
could gain access to molest her 4-year-old
daughter.
The allegations spelled out in an indictment
filed in federal court in Bridgeport against
Edgardo Sensi highlight what experts call a
global problem of child sex tourism.
Sensi also gave the 23-year-old maid cash
and a gold ring, took her to luxury hotels
and promised her family he would marry her,
prosecutors said. He videotaped sex sessions
with her daughter and reminded the girl's
mother he was a powerful man, prosecutors
said.
Sensi is being prosecuted under a 2003 law
that makes it easier to charge child abusers
abroad in American courts and provided
stiffer penalties. That law has led to about
70 prosecutions.
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