What one does not say about the luxury cruises
The list of disappearances and sexual assaults aboard cruise ships increases year after year: "Is cruising the best way to commit the perfect crime? ". Of course, some of the disappearances at sea are suicides. There are also challenges between passengers who have gone awry, morbid pauses or waves a little too powerful. But not only. Alarming number of Sexual assault and unexplained disappearances aboard cruise ships
Every year several people disappear . What happened to those missing persons? Are they the victims of crimes? Have they fallen overboard as a result of a misstep? Have they committed suicide? In many cases, the mystery is never solved.
In recent years, there has been an alarming number of unexplained and unresolved disappearances aboard cruise ships.Are cruising ships dangerous environments? Every year several complaints are reported about the cruise ship and several people disappear . This is what the Association of International Cruise Victims suggests. International Cruise Victims (ICV) was founded in 2004 by Kendall Carver, a Phoenix businessman, whose daughter, Merrian Carver disappeared during an Alaskan cruise she was performing on a Celebrity Cruises ship. Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act : https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/01/16/2015-00464/cruise-vessel-security-and-safety-act-of-2010-implementation
On its website (www.internationalcruisevictims.org), this organization presents dozens of testimonies from women who have complained of being harassed or assaulted, sometimes by other passengers, but more often by staff members. The most frequent offenses are sexual assaults perpetrated by shipboard employees against women traveling alone. International Cruise Victims accuses the cruise companies of closing their eyes, or even in some cases, stifling the case to avoid bad publicity. As to whether cruise ships are truly dangerous places, an expert, Ross Klein seems to lean in the affirmative. He notes that there are 57 sexual assaults per 100,000 passengers, 80% more than what happens on shore. Since many victims do not officially complain or are dissuaded from doing so, these numbers may have to be multiplied several times.
Moreover, they know that they will enjoy relative impunity, since in the majority of cases, when they learn of aggression, the cruise companies merely disembark and return them to their country . Often, they are rehired by the same company or by a competitor a few months later. This is why the International Cruise Victims Association (ICV) is calling for a register to be kept of the names of the employees at fault. ICV accuses cruise companies of closing their eyes and even, in some cases, stifling the case to avoid bad publicity.
Woman Vanishes From Cruise Ship, 7 Years Later Police Uncover Truth: Possibility of sexual assault (short torn find ) and murder. On March 22, 2011, Rebecca Coriam disappeared aboard Disney Wonder, the Disney Cruise Line liner on which she worked. The 24-year-old British boy had been employed there for almost a year before disappearing off the western coast of Mexico. Jim Walker - an American lawyer who worked for cruise companies - believes that Rebecca's case alone sums up the enigmatic policy of investigating crimes on cruise ships. "They are 100% guided by profit," he said. "The cruise industry is trying to get rid of its responsibilities at all costs. The largest cruise market company, Carnival, is based in Miami, Florida but has incorporated in Panama to avoid being under American jurisprudence. They avoid US taxes, labor laws, wage laws, environmental laws, safety rules and, in so doing, save billions of dollars that they would have had to pay in various taxes. As a trading company, these companies are structured to relieve themselves of certain responsibilities. And they do it very well. " Not only do they avoid paying taxes, but their position on international dark waters removes them from any legislation that guarantees the establishment of an investigation in the event of a crime or disappearance. Without police on board, the authority comes from the private sector.
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But what happens to all those passengers who simply disappear at sea, never to be seen again? The sad fact is that in many cases no one knows.
Some cases of disappearance on cruise ship : http://www.cruiseshipmissing.com/