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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LOS ANGELES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"U.S.A California man who was found guilty at trial of traveling to Cambodia to have illicit sexual conduct with young girls was sentenced Monday to 70 years in federal prison\u00a0and ordered to pay $40,000 in restitution to a victim.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ronald Gerard Boyajian, 55, who previously resided in Menlo Park and has spent time on the Palos Verdes peninsula.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At Monday’s hearing, U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder observed that \u201cthe conduct was extremely serious.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

In imposing the maximum sentence, the court stated that it is \u201cobvious that the reason for the sentence is for the protection of the public and to deter such behavior in the future.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Following a six-week trial earlier this year, Boyajian was found guilty of three child exploitation crimes \u2013 traveling to Cambodia with the intent in illicit sexual conduct with a nine-year-old girl in Cambodia. \u00a0During the time he committed these offenses, he was required to register as a sex offender under California law.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Boyajian was arrested by the Cambodian National Police in February 2009, while he was on his 35th trip to Asia over a nine-year period.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Boyajian began traveling to Cambodia shortly after completing his parole following convictions on 22 counts of illegal sex with a minor and oral sex with a minor in 1995.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cPedophiles will not escape punishment by crossing international borders to sexually assault children,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Eileen M. Decker. \u201cAfter being convicted of sexually exploiting two children here in California, this defendant tried to evade justice by traveling to Cambodia to victimize even younger children.\u00a0 As today\u2019s sentence demonstrates, however, if you travel anywhere in the world for sex with children, the U.S. Department of Justice will be tenacious in prosecuting you and pursuing justice for the young victims of this hideous crime.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Four victims whom Boyajian had sexually assaulted testified against him at trial.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Each girl was between 8 and 11 years old when Boyajian purchased them from their mother and grandmothers to sexually abuse them. One victim, who was approximately 8 when Boyajian assaulted her, testified at trial that \u201che was abusive, he was cruel, he treated me like I wasn\u2019t even human,\u201d according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At a hearing last week, the four testifying victims appeared before Judge Snyder. <\/span><\/p>\n

The youngest victim, who is now approximately 16 years old, asked for a strong sentence: \u201cI would like the court not to allow him to leave prison because there are possibly other children out there who could be harmed, just like it happened to me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Boyajian paid pimps and relatives from impoverished families to gain access to his victims, which he preferred to weigh less than 70 pounds.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

While the attacks took place in the village of Svay Pak \u2013 a notorious destination for pedophiles from around the world, the victims were Vietnamese immigrants who lived in the poor community.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

A CNP anti-human trafficking officer testified at trial that Svay Pak was well known as a place where foreigners went to have sexual contact with females, often young girls. Boyajian went to Svay Pak to have \u201cunlimited access to young girls for sex,\u201d prosecutors said in court.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the defendant\u2019s age, this prison term amounts to a life sentence and assures no more children will be fall prey to this serial pedophile,\u201d said Joseph Macias, special agent in charge for Homeland Security Investigations in Los Angeles. \u201cSuccessful prosecutions are crucial to combatting child sex tourism, but HSI is also focused on strategies to prevent such crimes from occurring, including Operation Angel Watch where HSI alertsforeign law enforcement when a convicted child predator is planning to travel to their country. Last fiscal year, HSI made over 2,100 notifications to more than 90 countries.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 According to a sentencing brief filed by prosecutors, Boyajian was convicted in 1995 of unlawful sex with two 16-year-old girls, making him \u201ca repeat and dangerous sex offender against minors.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Boyajian\u2019s sentencing follows lengthy sentences imposed on other sex tourists who were prosecuted in Los Angeles, including Michael Joseph Pepe, who was sentenced to 210 years in federal prison after being convicted of abusing seven victims in Cambodia, and Stanley Dan Reczko, who received a mandatory life-without-parole sentence for producing child pornography with a minor victim in the Philippines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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