FLORIDA MAN SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TRAVELLING INTERNATIONALLY TO SEXUALLY EXPLOIT MINORS

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division issued the following news release:

A Florida man was sentenced today to 30 years in prison and lifetime supervised release for the production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) of victims as young as eight years old.

According to court documents, Vincent Anthony Principe, 55, of Arcadia, travelled to the Philippines over the course of several years and sexually abused four minors, including one as young as eight. He sexually abused children and documented the abuse on video.He then published the videos on a website devoted to child exploitation. He also possessed over 100 images of child sexual abuse material, including those depicting the exploitation of pre-pube...