Eight additional crew members were reportedly deported from Boston, apparently for possessing child sexual abuse materials (CSAM). The popular Crew Center reported today that eight crew members from Majestic Princess were deported from the Port of Boston on October 5, including seven Filipinos and one Indian national.

To date, CBP has detained and deported around…

A 35-year-old Filipino crew member was arrested in Boston after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents found numerous child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) during a review of his two phones, according to a press release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

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The crew member, Bobby Prieto, a Filipino, was targeted for…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) claims that it has removed a total of 87 crew members from cruise ships at the Port of Boston since August and quickly deported them as part of the ongoing “Operation Tidal Wave” program. CBP issued a press release on Friday stating that the U.S. federal program targeted only…

The U.S. Coast Guard sprang into action to medically evacuate a 32-year-old crew member from the Allure of the Seas Thursday night, September 24, according to a press release by the Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard received an urgent medical evacuation request from the ship at approximately 8:00 p.m. The unidentified crew member was suffering…

Two passengers, including a 7-year-old child, required urgent medical attention aboard Oasis of the Seas, forcing the Royal Caribbean ship to turn back to Nassau for shoreside care.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently deported at least fifteen non-U.S. crew members from two cruise ships in Boston.

CBP agents abducted five crew members from the Viking Mars when the Viking cruise ship was in Boston on September 3 and 4, and quickly deported them to the Philippines. CBP agents also deported ten…

A 34-year-old passenger was taken into custody after his cruise ship returned to PortMiami Saturday, accused of raping an 18-year-old who he had met in one of the ship’s bars hours earlier. The passenger, Cody Gray, now faces criminal charges in Miami-Dade County of sexual battery and providing alcohol to a minor.

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A 58 year old Minnesota man died from complications he suffered from a spinal injury aboard Princess Cruises’ Sun Princess. The man, Stephen “Steve” Junker, was celebrating his son’s wedding when the tragedy occurred.

On August 16, Junker suffered a severe injury “after falling and nearly drowning” on the Sun Princess according to the…

The highest paid executive in cruise industry history has been denied additional compensation by the 11th Judicial Circuit Court in Miami.

Frank Del Rio filed a lawsuit against his former employer Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH), arguing he was owed additional compensation as part of an under the table agreement he made with four board…