密苏里州St. Louis县男子付费观看菲律宾儿童性虐待被定罪：陪审团认定8项罪名全部成立、量刑日期尚未确定
美国司法部密苏里东区联邦检察官办公室宣布，密苏里州 St. Louis 县男子 Sanel Smajlovic（37岁）被联邦陪审团认定全部罪名成立：他曾付费让菲律宾的成年人按其要求性虐待儿童，并通过直播观看。位于 St. Louis 的美国联邦地区法院陪审团于周三作出有罪裁定，罪名包括四项企图性剥削儿童罪、两项接收儿童色情制品罪与两项索取儿童色情制品罪，涉案行为发生在2017年至2019年之间。
据庭审证据与证词，Smajlovic 与人口贩运者联系数百次、向菲律宾汇款数十次，由当地成年人按其指示虐待六名受害儿童。检方助理联邦检察官 Jillian Anderson 在结案陈词中表示，Smajlovic 专门寻找处于贫困等困境中的弱势儿童。经法院批准的搜查在其电子设备中查获36段视频与数千张儿童性虐待材料；他被捕时是在从 Romania 返回、抵达 St. Louis Lambert International Airport 后落网的。
本案源于美国移民与海关执法局（Immigration and Customs Enforcement，ICE）国土安全调查处（HSI）发现菲律宾有人向全球付费客户直播儿童性虐待。司法部表示，相关系列行动迄今已解救395名儿童、逮捕359人、捣毁78个儿童贩运网络；与 Smajlovic 联系的两名贩运者已被捕、涉案儿童获救。
Smajlovic 的量刑日期尚未确定。按司法部公布的法定刑，企图性剥削儿童罪每项可判15年至30年监禁，接收与索取儿童色情制品罪每项可判5年至20年监禁。本案由 HSI 调查，司法部儿童剥削与淫秽科及密苏里州技术协助团队提供协助，助理联邦检察官 Jillian Anderson 与 Colleen Lang 主诉；案件属司法部2006年启动的全国性「儿童安全项目」（Project Safe Childhood）的一部分。
St. Louis County Man Sanel Smajlovic Found Guilty on All Counts for Paying to Watch the Sexual Abuse of Children in the Philippines
ST. LOUIS — Sanel Smajlovic, 37, of St. Louis County, Missouri, has been found guilty on all counts he faced for paying to watch the sexual abuse of children in the Philippines, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri announced. A jury in U.S. District Court in St. Louis convicted him on Wednesday of four counts of attempted sexual exploitation of children, two counts of receiving child pornography and two counts of soliciting child pornography, for conduct that occurred between 2017 and 2019.
Evidence and testimony at trial showed that Smajlovic communicated with traffickers hundreds of times and sent money to the Philippines dozens of times to adults who sexually abused six victims at his direction. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jillian Anderson told jurors in closing arguments that Smajlovic sought out vulnerable children living in poverty and other desperate circumstances. Court-approved searches of his electronic devices uncovered 36 videos and thousands of images containing child sexual abuse material. He was arrested at St. Louis Lambert International Airport after returning from a trip to Romania.
The investigation began when Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, identified traffickers in the Philippines who were live streaming the sexual abuse of children to paying customers worldwide. The Justice Department said related operations have rescued 395 children, made 359 arrests and dismantled 78 child trafficking networks; two traffickers who communicated with Smajlovic were arrested and the child victims rescued.
Smajlovic's sentencing date has not yet been set. The attempted sexual exploitation charges carry 15 to 30 years in prison, and the receiving and soliciting child pornography charges carry five to 20 years. HSI investigated the case with assistance from the Justice Department's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section and the Missouri State Technical Assistance Team. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jillian Anderson and Colleen Lang are prosecuting the case, which was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, the Justice Department's nationwide initiative launched in May 2006.
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