The term "children" here includes girls 16 years old, right? That's below "age of consent" in most states, but it's not a 9 year old either. I don't mean to make light ot the situation in any way, they were "trafficked" apparently.
I can see how someone unwittingly might have take the flight to the island for what was described as a nice location and no engaged in sex with a 16 year old, or even at all. Or they might have done it and not bothered to ask about age because "she looked 18".
I don't know of any real evidence this was some operation by the CIA et al. But I haven't followed this closely at all, the storyline is repulsive to me.