Overview

• Raymon Holmberg, a former North Dakota state senator, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on March 26, 2025, for traveling to Prague to engage in commercial sex with underage boys.
• Between 2011 and 2021, Holmberg made 14 trips to Prague, staying at a brothel catering to men seeking sex with adolescent boys and using the alias 'Sean Evans' to conceal his identity.
• Holmberg encouraged others to travel to Prague for similar activities, sharing explicit messages, links to brothels, and boasting about exploiting boys as young as 12 years old.
• The investigation revealed Holmberg also manipulated a 16-year-old Canadian boy online, posing as a peer to obtain sexually explicit images.
• The case, prosecuted under the DOJ's Project Safe Childhood initiative, highlights the misuse of political power and resources to exploit vulnerable children internationally.