Sunday, April 03, 2005

New Zealand rubbishes US claims of child trafficking / Stuff New Zealand, 3 Apr 2005

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3236096a11,00.html
Andrea Hotere
"A diplomatic stoush appears to be brewing between the government and the United States after American claims that New Zealand has a child trafficking problem.

A US State Department report made the allegation last month - for the second time in a year - despite claims it had misrepresented prostitution data.
Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff was scathing about the statement.
'If the United States were to judge itself by the same standards it is applying to New Zealand, it would be found to be wanting,' Goff said.
'Of course we don't have a problem in trafficking in children.' "