中国籍男子被控企图性贩运15岁少女：出价300美元跨城赴约 在酒店被捕
美国司法部佛罗里达州南区联邦检察官办公室宣布，中国籍男子 Dexing Zhang 被控企图性贩运一名15岁少女。Dexing Zhang 现年40岁，居住在佛罗里达州 Naples 市。检方指控他通过电话和即时通讯应用，与一名他以为是15岁少女母亲的人联系，商量在佛罗里达州 Davie 市与这名未成年少女发生性关系，并开价300美元。
据法庭记录，Dexing Zhang 从 Naples 开车前往约定地点赴约，在一家酒店被捕。他被控一项企图性贩运未成年人罪名，如罪名成立，将面临联邦监狱最低10年、最高终身监禁的刑罚。此案案号为 26-cr-60254，相关法庭文件可在佛罗里达州南区联邦地区法院网站查阅。
此案由联邦调查局（FBI）迈阿密分部调查，联邦助理检察官 Jodi Anton 负责起诉。宣布这一起诉的是佛州南区代理联邦检察官 Yara Lorenzo Klukas 与 FBI 迈阿密分部主管特工 Brett D. Skiles。此案是司法部「儿童安全计划」（Project Safe Childhood）的一部分，该计划统筹联邦、州和地方资源，打击针对儿童的性剥削与性虐待。
司法部表示，起诉书只是指控，在法庭证明有罪之前，被告被推定无罪。如需举报涉嫌人口贩运或获取受害者援助资源，可拨打全美人口贩运热线 1-888-373-7888，该热线全天24小时开通。（来源：美国司法部）
Chinese National Charged With Attempted Sex Trafficking of 15-Year-Old Girl in Florida
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida announced that Dexing Zhang, a Chinese national, has been charged with attempting to sex traffic a 15-year-old girl. Zhang, 40, resides in Naples, Florida. According to court records, he communicated by phone and messaging application with a person he believed to be the mother of a 15-year-old girl and discussed arranging a sexual encounter with the minor in Davie, Florida, allegedly offering to pay $300.
Zhang was arrested at a hotel after driving from Naples to meet the girl for the planned encounter, court records show. He is charged with attempted sex trafficking of a minor and, if convicted, faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison and a maximum penalty of life in prison. Related court documents are available from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida under case number 26-cr-60254.
FBI Miami is investigating the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jodi Anton is prosecuting. Acting U.S. Attorney Yara Lorenzo Klukas for the Southern District of Florida and Special Agent in Charge Brett D. Skiles of the FBI Miami Field Office made the announcement. The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, the Department of Justice's nationwide initiative to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse.
The Department of Justice notes that an indictment is merely an allegation and that all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. Suspected human trafficking can be reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888, available 24 hours a day. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：美国联邦调查局（FBI）总部胡佛大楼（ajay_suresh 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons；四级固定图库 fed-fbi-building，本案由 FBI 迈阿密分部调查，当事人无官方照片）。 / Photo: The FBI headquarters (J. Edgar Hoover Building), photographed by ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons (GSM fixed asset library; the case is investigated by FBI Miami and no official photo of the defendant is available).
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