The second quarter 2024 cruise ship crime data mandated by the Cruise Vessel Safety Security and Safety Act (CVSSA) released this morning shows that Carnival Cruise Lines again leads the cruise industry with the most sexual assaults and rapes in the cruise industry, both in real numbers and on a per capita basis.
Today the Department of Transportation listed nine (9) sexual assaults and rapes on Carnival cruise ships this last quarter (April 1 to June 30). There were sixteen (16) other sexual assaults and rapes on all other cruise ships with Royal Caribbean (5), NCL (3), Disney (3), Princess (2) and Celebrity, Linblad and MSC experiencing one (1) each.
Carnival has 38 percent of the sexual assaults and rapes in the cruise industry per the CVSSA data.
The first quarter 2024 (January 1 – March 31) DOT cruise crime data also revealed that Carnival Cruise Line is the cruise brand with the most sexual violence at sea. Carnival Cruise Line reported that there were nine (9) instances of sexual assault / rape on its twenty-seven ships, with Royal Caribbean (with the same number of ships but a higher number of passengers) having eight (8) such crimes.
Last year Carnival Cruise Line had a total of forty-five (45) sexual assaults / rapes. Considering it has around 115,000 passengers and crew members onboard its fleet on an average day, this turns out to be a higher per capita sexual assault rate than around 20 states in the U.S. Royal Caribbean, on the other hand, has fewer sexual crimes but more passengers (closer to 150,000 passengers and crew members on the same number of ships at any given time).
Carnival also leads the cruise industry in the most number of physical assaults with serious personal injuries.
The purpose of the public disclosure of mandatory reporting of sexual assaults, rapes, and physical assaults with serious bodily injuries on cruise ships is to educate and warn the traveling public of dangers on cruise ships. By all accounts, Carnival remains the most dangerous place to take your family on a vacation cruise.
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Carnival Liberty leaving Miami – Jim Walker; Carnival Magic in Norfolk – Jim Walker
Update: In response to an inquiry on our Facebook, “why is this happening?,” I responded:
In my view, because there’s way too much alcohol sold and served on Carnival’s so called “fun ships,” creating a party-boat mentality, plus a history of concealing crimes and protecting the corporate image at the expense of safety of women & children . . . this has been going on for too long! https://www.miaminewtimes.com/…/carnival-try-criminal…