A tourist from New Zealand has been arrested on suspicion of engaging in paedophilia activities in The Gambia. An accomplice of the the tourist, was accused of fetching minor girls for an exploitative child pornographic business. Police confiscated a digital camera and a laptop computer containing pornographic pictures of minor Gambian girls. The tourist has allegedly admitted shooting pornographic pictures of Gambian minors in and around Banjul, the capital city.
Gambia has legislated strict laws on sex crimes targeting minors, but majority of tourists reportedly use money to lure underage girls into child sex or pornography.

Both the Tourism Offences Act of 2003 and Section 127 of the constitution outlawed defilement of a girl under 15 years. The suspects are yet to be charged or brought to justice.

The small country whose economy depends a lot on tourism has been attracting many tourists most of who choose The Gambia for different reasons.

The ashaming fact of this world we live in is that our human-kind will always find a way to exploit others - image someone from New Zealand having discovered a small country such as Gambia, to conduct such despicable acts as exploiting young girls!! How ashaming..