A small victory today in the human trafficking arena: N.J. motel owner guilty of 'sex tourism'.
Anthony Mark Bianchi, 45, was convicted of having sex with or attempting to have sex with at least six teenage boys in the isolated Moldovan village of Trebujeni.
During the three-week trial, most of which was heard through translators, several Moldovan boys testified that Bianchi assaulted them in small boarding houses where he stayed during his trips.
Bianchi's attorney, Mark Geragos, said his client, who lives in North Wildwood, N.J., enjoyed traveling to offbeat destinations and had no ulterior motives for giving the boys gifts.
Yeah, right. Bianchi is just a benevolent American helping poor foreign boys, not girls, out. Bianchi is one of the sickest individuals I've read about in a long time. The article doesn't give any details about his previous conviction and expulsion from Russia for the very same thing. I'm glad to see this verdict handed down. I hope the sentence will be the maximum.
I do have a problem with the media coverage of this story. Again, the media ignore the connections between Bianchi's victims and worldwide human trafficking. This is a much bigger story than that of a forty-five year old pervert molesting children. Bianchi knew where to go and who to contact. The hit-and-run coverage doesn't investigate Ion Gusin, his co-conspirator. None of the stories go into detail regarding the accessibility of children as sex slaves in Moldova, Cuba, Romania, and Thailand. How complicit are these countries' governments regarding the "sex tourism" business?
I suppose this is an ugly story that doesn't fit the infotainment template.
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