CyberCrime Law Enables Strong Sentence for Sex Traveler PodCast (04/08/2008)

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I'm Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum. 

Earlier this week, my CyberCrime Unit prosecuted an individual for traveling to meet someone he thought was a 14-year old girl, intending to have sex with that child. 

Instead, he met my CyberCrime investigators and was charged under the CyberCrimes Against Children Act of 2007. 

This important piece of legislation – which I helped develop – has given our state some of the strongest laws in the nation against internet child predators. 

Thanks to the CyberCrime law, this man from Central Florida will be spending the next 15 years in prison. He is the first person my unit prosecuted who was sentenced under the new law. 

We can and we will continue making these cases against the people who use the internet to prey on our children. 

This law will help the Attorney General’s Office make Florida a safer place for our children.