A newspaper in Massachusetts reports that a thirty two year-old man from Mississippi pled guilty to sexually abusing a 15 year-old boy on the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship. The passenger, identified as Adam Christopher Boyd, now age 32, had been arrested in Bermuda for the crime one and one-half years ago. He was extradicted back
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Cruise Ship Sexual Assaults: Cruise Lines Don’t Share Information When Hiring Crew Members
Today, the Miami News Times published an article titled: Sexual Assault Is the Most Publicly Reported Crime on Cruises, but Companies Say It’s Rare.
Written by Meg O’Connor, the article begins by reporting on a sexual assault committed against a nineteen-year-old passenger by a fitness instructor on the Celebrity Summit while docked in Bermuda.…
NBC News Looks at Problem of Sexual Assault on Cruise Ships
On Sunday, July 2, 2017, NBC Nightly News aired the first part of an investigative report into the issue of sexual assaults on cruise ships.
Over the course of three months, NBC News spoke with 10 victims of sexual assaults, or members of their families, and found that cruise ships pose hidden dangers.
“Of…
Sexual Assault on Cruise Ship in St. Kitts? No One’s Talking
Today the SKNVibes newspaper in St. Kitts reports that a crew member aboard a cruise ship docked in St. Kitts (Port Zante) sexually assaulted a cruise passenger.
You can read the article below.
It’s a strange article. The newspaper decided not to name the cruise line or the cruise ship, which is something we see in…
Two U.S. Passengers Arrested for Rape on Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas
The Jamaica Gleaner reports that 2 U.S. men aboard Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Sea, which docked in Falmouth Jamaica yesterday morning, are accused of raping a female passenger aboard the cruise ship.
The Gleaner says that the "men were accused of raping a female passenger who they were partying with the night before on…
“Voluntary” Cruise Crime Statistics Keep Public in the Dark
CBS travel expert Peter Greenberg has interesting comments on the recent crime statistics released by the three major cruise lines.
Carnival, NCL and Royal Caribbean posted 237 crimes which allegedly took place on their cruise ship over the last 2 to 3 years. This is the first time that the cruise industry has ever publicly…
Man Arrested on Charges of Raping Passenger Aboard the Carnival Dream
The Virgin Islands Daily News reports that a 19-year-old Kentucky man pleaded not guilty in District Court in St. Thomas on charges that he raped another passenger during a Carnival cruise. The charges specifically "sexual assault with intent to commit a felony."
Cruise passenger Conner Layne was arrested after a 18-year-old woman’s complaint that he…
Warning: U.S. Citizen Murdered in Nassau – Cruise Passengers Urged to Avoid Travel to the Bahamas!
Last month we wrote an article about the crime epidemic in Nassau, Bahamas.
A newspaper in the Bahamas published an article "Cruise Ships Warn on Crime," explaining that cruise executives from Miami met with Bahamian officials about the increasing crime levels in Nassau which are no longer safe for passengers. We have written several…
Trial Scheduled for Princess Cruises Crew Members Accused of Raping Woman on Grand Princess
The Bermuda Sun newspaper reports that two crew members employed on a Bermuda flagged cruise ship are heading for criminal trial after being accused of raping a woman.
As is often the case in Bermuda, the Bermudian press did not mention the name of the cruise line or the name of the cruise ship. There…
Sex Attack Alleged On Carnival Cruise Ship
Just when you think that things could not get any worse for Carnival, news is just breaking that authorities are investigating what is being characterized as a "sex attack" on a Carnival cruise ship.
A newspaper in the Bahamas is reporting that a team of of detectives from Nassau to Galveston, Texas yesterday to investigate…