A pedophile is being made to answer to charges of child s*x abuse after he was caught in the act trying to rape a really young boy.
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A U.S. citizen has been arrested in Rome on charges of child sex abuse after he was caught raping a 14-year-old boy.
According to Daily Record, the man, said to be a 52-year-old former Boeing engineer from Chicago, has allegedly spent a month luring scores of young teenage boys to a rented apartment near the city's Termini station, which has become an epicenter for illegal immigrants, underage prostitutes, and criminal gangs.
He paid the victims - mostly North African and Romanian migrants, and some Italian - between €50 and €150 for sex, the Interior Ministry told Il Messaggero.
His arrest concludes a two-week police investigation into reports that a foreign man was seen skulking around the station every night scouting young boys for sex, according to official statements.
After placing hidden cameras around the station, police said, they identified the man - known locally as 'The English' - then burst into his apartment as he was sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy.
He has been arrested and jailed, the reports claim.
Police believe that the man came to the Termini station ghetto specifically to 'prey' on young teenagers for sex, and that he intended to stay in the city until February.
They suspect he targeted Termini after widespread international reports about child prostitution rings run in the station's toilets and back alleys. whether it is a former employee.'