A newspaper in Malta reports that the Malta Police have issued what is described as an "European arrest warrant" for a Scottish man wanted for attempted rape after he assaulted a girl from England aboard the Celebrity Reflection cruise ship last summer.
The newspaper says that the incident happened last summer on the Reflection when
A newspaper in Sweden is reporting that police officers in Finland have questioned eight Swedish men about the allegations of a passenger that she was "gang raped" on a Viking Line ferry in Finnish waters over the weekend.
The alleged sexual attack took place on the Amorella, which is described as an overnight ferry sailing
The FBI arrested a crew member working on a cruise ship sailing out of Bayonne, New Jersey for abusive sexual contact of a passenger after he allegedly snuck into her cabin while she was sleeping.
According to a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice in federal court in New Jersey, the federal government
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
Inside Edition aired a video this week about a 28 year old woman who alleges that two crew members raped her during a Carnival cruise aboard the Victory last year.
The young woman told Inside Edition that Carnival served her a lot of alcohol and she has no recollection of how she ended up in the
Today CNN covered the story of the violent sexual attack by Holland America Line crew member Ketut Pujayasa on a 31 year old passenger aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam.
The 28 year old Indonesian crew member worked as a cabin attendant and used the master key card to gain access to the woman’s cabin. He reportedly
Are sexual crimes committed by cabin attendants against women in their cruise ship cabins “shocking?”
If you define “shocking” as “disturbing” or “upsetting,” of course.
But if you define “shocking” as “unforeseeable” or “unpredictable,” not at all. Who’s the most likely sexual predator on a cruise ship? A male cabin attendant. What’s the most likely
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The Sun Sentinel reports today that a Holland America Line (HAL) crew member sexually assaulted and then tried to throw a woman from her balcony.
Reporter Paula McMahon writes that the crime occurred aboard the HAL Nieuw Amsterdam.
The crew member is identified as Ketut Pujayasa, age 28. from Indonesia. He worked a stateroom attendant. He used
Cruise Critic reports that a Holland America Line (HAL) crew member assaulted a woman aboard HAL’s Nieuw Amsterdam yesterday.
According to Cruise Critic, HAL released the following statement:
"A 31-year-old female U.S. citizen on board ms Nieuw Amsterdam was assaulted by a crewmember in her cabin early this morning. The female guest was cared for in
There has been a great deal of debate over the past decade regarding the amount of crime which occurs on cruise ships. The cruise industry claims that crime is "rare," whereas at least one cruise expert who testified before Congress stated that the rate of crime on cruise ships is twice that of crime ashore.
A local CBS station in Alabama reports that since January 2011, the U.S. Coast Guard publicly reported only 31 crimes aboard cruise ships. However, after Senator Rockefeller placed pressure on the cruise industry, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian on Thursday reported 94 crimes and 20 crimes, respectively, between October 2010 and the end of June of
News sources in Alaska are reporting that Alaska State Troopers are investigating an incident where a female crew member alleges that she was sexually assaulted on a Princess Cruises sailing between Seattle and Alaska this week.
The crew member states that two other crew members sexually assaulted her while the cruise ship was sailing to
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
The Philippine Daily Inquirer reports on the case of a Filipino crew member who alleges that her supervisor raped her while she was working on board the MV Costa Classica last year.
The victim worked as a security guard on the cruise ship. She alleges that she was summoned to the security office on the
The Florida Today newspaper published two articles today about the issue of sexual assault of passengers and whether cruise lines conduct background checks of their cruise ship employees.
The issue of background checks is a rather interesting topic. But it’s an issue the cruise lines hate to talk about.
Six weeks ago, I attended
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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
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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
One of the topics I harp on here at Cruise Law News is the danger of having a sexual predator sailing in the next cabin to you while you enjoy a vacation cruise.
Cruise ships of course do not screen passengers to determine whether they are sexual predators. The local port officials and sheriff’s
