Man Sentenced for Sex Trafficking Minors in the Philippines

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<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br &sol;>&NewLine; Friday&comma; June 2&comma; 2023<br &sol;>&NewLine; Man Sentenced for Sex Trafficking Minors in the Philippines<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A Wisconsin man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for sex trafficking multiple minors in the Philippines&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to court documents&comma; Donald A&period; Stenson&comma; 67&comma; of West Allis&comma; traveled to the Philippines on multiple occasions starting in 2007 and repeatedly engaged in sexual activity with minors there&period; Between 2016 and 2019&comma; Stenson lured five minor victims between the ages of approximately 11 and 17 into commercial sex arrangements&comma; engaging in sexual activity with the victims and then providing them with money and gifts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A search of Stenson’s electronic devices uncovered multiple images and videos of the minor victims&comma; including a video depicting Stenson engaging in sex acts with a minor&period; 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&comma; 66&comma; of West Allis&period; Burgdorff traveled with Stenson to the Philippines&comma; and Stenson encouraged the victims to meet with Burgdorff&comma; who then also engaged them in commercial sexual activity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Stenson was identified based on a CyberTipline Report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children &lpar;NCMEC&rpar;&period; Stenson and Burgdorff were both arrested at Burgdorff’s residence in West Allis and charged as co-defendants in connection with their sex trafficking of these minor victims&period; Burgdorff was sentenced in November 2022 to two and a half years in prison for engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor in a foreign place&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A&period; Polite&comma; Jr&period; of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division&comma; U&period;S&period; Attorney Gregory J&period; Haanstad for the Eastern District of Wisconsin&comma; and Special Agent in Charge Sean Fitzgerald of Homeland Security Investigations &lpar;HSI&rpar; Chicago made the announcement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>HSI Milwaukee&comma; HSI’s Manila Transnational Criminal Investigation Unit&comma; HSI Bangkok&comma; and Philippine authorities investigated the case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Trial Attorney William G&period; Clayman of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section &lpar;CEOS&rpar; and Assistant U&period;S&period; Attorneys Megan J&period; Paulson and Abbey M&period; Marzick for the Eastern District of Wisconsin prosecuted the case&comma; with assistance from CEOS Trial Attorney Kaylynn Foulon&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood&comma; a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse&period; Led by U&period;S&period; Attorney’s Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section &lpar;CEOS&rpar;&comma; Project Safe Childhood marshals federal&comma; state&comma; and local resources to better locate&comma; apprehend&comma; and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the internet&comma; as well as to identify and rescue victims&period; For more information about Project Safe Childhood&comma; please visit <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;psc" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;psc<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> Topic&lpar;s&rpar;&colon; Project Safe ChildhoodComponent&lpar;s&rpar;&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;criminal&sol;" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Criminal Division<&sol;a><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;criminal-ceos" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Criminal &&num;8211&semi; Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section<&sol;a><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;usao-edwi" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">USAO &&num;8211&semi; Wisconsin&comma; Eastern<&sol;a>Press Release Number&colon; 23-625 <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> Updated June 2&comma; 2023<a href&equals;https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;opa&sol;pr&sol;man-sentenced-sex-trafficking-minors-philippines>Original Article<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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