North American man arrested for traveling to the Dominican Republic to prey on underage girls.

By Sandra E. Garcia- The New York Times

The man, Theodore Symonds, 51, had traveled to Puerto Plata, known for its silvery waters and beach resorts, to engage in sexual conduct with two girls in March 2017, the United States attorney’s office for the Southern District of Florida, a day after the sentencing. At the time, one girl was 13 and the other was 15.

The case highlighted the little-reported subjects of underage sex trafficking and sex tourism in the Dominican Republic, which prosecutes few such cases. Prostitution is legal in the Dominican Republic, but the country prohibits brothels and soliciting for sex. The age of consent is 18.

The Dominican authorities apprehended him in March 2017 and alerted the United States government, which started its investigation.


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