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"At Phoenix Sky Harbor, I reported an incident that I thought was traffic," McCain wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. "I congratulate the police for their diligence.I apologize if anything I said about it diverts the attention of" if you see something, say something "."
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During an interview on Monday at a local radio station, McCain was discussing human trafficking at the Super Bowl. Phoenix Airport last week.
She added, "I went to the police and told them what I saw, then they interrogated her, and by God, she trafficked this kid."
McCain claimed that the woman "was waiting for the guy who bought the child to get off a plane."
The Phoenix Police spokesman, Sgt. Armando Carbajal confirmed that the officers "carried out a verification of the welfare of a child at the request of Mrs. Cindy McCain" on January 30
McCain has long defended the victims of Trafficking in Human Beings and is currently Co-Chair of the Arizona Governor's Council on Trafficking in Human Beings.
The McCain Institute, whose members include the fight against trafficking in human beings. of his initiatives, said in a statement that McCain was only "thinking about the possible consequences of a criminal act, not the potential trader's ethnicity", when she reported what she thought to be a case of trafficking.
"His hypersensitivity to search for traffic in this case was not correct, but this should in no way divert the attention of the more general importance that we all have the responsibility of To be aware of this type of crime, "said the institute in a statement. "This incident should in no way discourage anyone from reporting potential trafficking problems to law enforcement."
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