Today, a Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) former assistant cruise director was sentenced to nine years in jail for possessing child pornography.
Senad Djedovic, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, was arrested earlier this year after he boasted about engaging in sexual relations with a 16 year old girl who sailed on the NCL Star cruise ship with her parents.
After the cruise ended, Djedovic exchanged emails with the underage girl and received a number of sexually explicit photographs.
Other crew members on the NCL cruise ship observed the photos and learned the girl’s age and reported Djedovic to NCL which contacted the FBI. A search of Djedovic’s computers revealed child pornography.
NCL employed Djedovic from 2005 to March 2012 aboard a number of different cruise ships.
We wrote a series of articles this year about this case which you can review here, including videos of him singing on YouTube.
After Djedovic was arrested, a number of crew members and friends came to his defense arguing that he should be acquitted because sex with a 16 year old is not a big deal and this kind of conduct is not illegal in most countries. We received bizarre comments to this blog to this effect.
Parents who consider cruising with their teenage daughters should take into consideration that this is the mentality of some crew members toward your underage children.