Sexual Assault Cruise Ships

Carnival Cruises the worlds largest cruise company reported the most incidents with 28 including 20 sex assaults.

Sexual assault cruise ships. The number one reported crime on cruise ships is sexual assault of women and minors. But figures compiled over the past three years among US passengers suggest there were at least 220 sex attacks. This paper takes an historical look at the problem of sexual assault on cruise ships.

The Stop Sexual Assault and Harassment in Transportation Act would require cruise ship operators as well as passenger airlines commuter and intercity rail. Salvador Hernandez Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI testified before Congress in 2007 about sexual and other physical assaults that have taken place on cruise ships. There were 79 reported allegations of sexual assault on cruise ships through the first 9 months of this year up from 60 during the same period in both 2018 and 2017.

In 2018 cruise lines reported 120 alleged crimes to the DOT. Sexual assault and physical assaults on cruise ships were the leading crime reported to and investigated by the FBI on the high seas over the last five years at 55 percent and 22 percent. Sex Assault Victims on Cruise Ships Are Often Under 18 A Congressional report from 2013 said that a third of the sex-assault victims on cruise ships were minors.

Abby Smith left and her. In 2017 76 percent of reported crimes on board Carnival vessels were for sexual assault. Shockingly most perpetrators get away with the crime.

Sexual assault is the most common crime reported on cruise ships according to data from the Department of Transportation DOT. During that time Carnival Cruise Lines still saw the highest number of reports with 12. Zanzis suit filed Thursday in US.

This project will enable us to hire a Cruise Ship Sexual Assault prevention intern to provide prevention and crisis response to Americans embarking on cruise ship vacations in the hopes of preventing increasing incidents of sexual assault. It is by far the most frequently reported crime on cruises as has been the case for the past several years. By comparison there were 22 thefts.