This week we reported on a cruise bust on a cruise ship in the Cayman Islands involving a group of crew members from Jamaica and St. Vincent. It sounds like the drug busts we reported on involving Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas and the Enchantment of the Seas.
There is no question that drug smuggling on cruise ships
Today, we received the following statement from Senor Frog’s in Nassau, about our articles "Cruising To The Bahamas – Is It Safe?" and "Cruise Passenger Beaten and Raped in Nassau – Are Royal Caribbean and Senor Frog’s to Blame?
"We, at Senor Frogs, are deeply saddened, concerned and disturbed by this news.
Senor
This past week, the news has been filled with stories of cruise lines canceling calls to ports around the world because of concerns for their passengers’ safety.
Carnival, Disney and Holland America Lines announced that they would no longer sail to Mazatlan because of violence in this Mexican city. Carnival called the decision a "precautionary measure," noting
Cruise Law News was featured today in Attorney at Law Magazine in an article by legal marketing expert Paula Black.
In her article "The Right Results," Paula writes:
"Jim Walker of Miami firm Walker & O’Neill P.A. runs the popular Cruise Law News, a blog focused solely on "breaking news and legal commentary regarding cruise ship passengers and crew
Cayman News Service reports that three crew members were arrested for possession of two kilos of cocaine. The cruise employees were from St. Vincent and Jamaica.
As is often the case, the local police did not identify the name of the cruise ship or cruise line.
The three cruise ships in port at the time of the arrest were Royal Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas
A horrific crime occurred in Nassau involving a twenty-four year old Canadian woman cruising to the Bahamas.
"Jane Doe" (whose name is being withheld to protect her confidentiality) cruised aboard Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas from Miami, leaving February 21st. Jane Doe sailed with her father and friends. The cruise ship docked in Nassau on February 23rd.
While ashore the
Cruise Law News (CLN)’s readership exploded last month. In February, our followers read 100,000 pages of CLN which remains the 10th most popular law blog in the U.S. Here is what people are recently saying about Jim Walker and CLN:
"Top Maritime Lawyer" – ABA Journal.
"Top Cruise Lawyer" – USA Today.
"Prominent Private Practice Maritime
