Wisconsin man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for traveling to Canada to have sex with a minor

MADISON, Wisc. — A southern Wisconsin man was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 10 years in prison for traveling to a foreign country to engage in sex with a minor.

This sentence resulted from an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation.

Dylan Jordan, 24, of Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced March 12 to 10 years in federal prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, after his conviction on one count of traveling in foreign commerce to engage in illicit sexual conduct. Jordan pleaded guilty to this charge Oct. 16, 2014.

This investigation began Aug. 7, 2013 when the parents of a 15-year-old minor reported him missing from his home in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The minor was located Aug. 8, 2013 at a hotel in Vancouver with Jordan. The defendant was convicted in Canada of using a computer to lure a child under the age of 16.  He was sentenced to a one-year prison term in Canada, which he served before being deported to the United States.

In December 2013, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jordan with traveling in foreign commerce to engage in illicit sexual conduct. In June 2014, after he completed his Canadian sentence, Canadian authorities turned him over to U.S. law enforcement officials in the state of Washington, where he was taken into custody to face the federal charge for which he was sentenced March 12.

This investigation was conducted under HSI’s Operation Predator, an international initiative to protect children from sexual predators. Since the launch of Operation Predator in 2003, HSI has arrested more than 10,000 individuals for crimes against children, including the production and distribution of online child pornography, traveling overseas for sex with minors, and sex trafficking of children. In fiscal year 2014, more than 2,300 individuals were arrested by HSI special agents under this initiative and more than 1,000 victims identified or rescued.

HSI encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free Tip Line at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE or by completing its online tip form. Both are staffed around the clock by investigators. From outside the U.S. and Canada, callers should dial 802-872-6199. Hearing impaired users can call TTY 802-872-6196. Suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children may be reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, an Operation Predator partner, via its toll-free 24-hour hotline, 1-800-THE-LOST.

For additional information about wanted suspected child predators, download HSI’s Operation Predator smartphone app or visit the online suspect alerts page.

HSI is a founding member and current chair of the Virtual Global Taskforce, an international alliance of law enforcement agencies and private industry sector partners working together to prevent and deter online child sexual abuse.