That or other things.

Group leader of a sex tourism operation would be part of the reason for asking about language ability or partnered translators.

Interestingly enough is that the notion of what constitutes unlawful sex with underage minors varies within the US and even varies between what the US considers unlawful sex with minors abroad and what some countries consider unlawful sex when it comes to minors. [Some countries in the EU have lower age of (sexual) consent for minors than even some SE Asian countries, yet these kind of questions about sex tourism are far less likely to be raised when men travel alone to various parts of Europe with low ages of legal consent.] The focus may be sex tourism involving minor females, but a chunk of the unlawful activity involves male on male violations.]