A Linthicum man has been federally charged with participating in international sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation one week after being arrested by Maryland State Police, according to court documents filed Thursday. Philip Andrew Turner, 46, is accused of participating in a global child porn ring active in the Philippines, Colombia and other countries. He was arrested Oct. 28 and charged with four counts of sexual solicitation of a minor, five counts of possessing child pornography and several counts of producing child pornography, according to Maryland State Police and court records.

Turner made 154 payments to traffickers in Colombia and the Philippines from March 2017 to November 2023, totaling $12,462. Homeland Security Investigations special agents determined that payme

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