Cruise Crime Report Features Suspicious Deaths and Sexual Assault
LatestTed Bettinger* of the Board of Cruise Travel tried to convince us to all to make cruising our main mode of transportation — need a lift to band practice? The Carnival Celebration will get you there! Later! — but recent reports of crime on the high seas might make you question whether the midnight buffets is worth it.
The cruise lines have agreed to share data on alleged onboard crimes, and the categories cast a wide net of horrors. We’ve got missing U.S. citizens, kidnapping, tampering with or setting fire to a ship, rape, sexual assault, suspicious deaths, and more. In fact, since 2011, Norwegian Cruise Line Holding, Royal Caribbean, and Carnival have recorded 247 serious criminal allegations, according to the Miami Herald.