The cruise crime information, launched earlier this week as a part of the quarterly reporting by the Division of Transportation (DOT), once more exhibits that Carnival Cruise Line clearly has essentially the most sexual assaults and rapes in addition to essentially the most bodily assault with critical private accidents, each in whole numbers and on a per capita foundation.
Carnival Has Virtually Forty % Extra Rapes and Sexual Assaults Than Royal Caribbean On Its Ships
The information required by the Cruise Vessel Safety and Security Act of 2010 present that Carnival Cruise Line had a report variety of 13 (13) sexual assaults and rapes between October 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024. It had eight (8) such crimes alleged within the third quarter, 9 (9) within the second quarter, and 9 (9) within the first quarter for a complete of thirty-nine (39) such crimes alleged on its cruise ship for 2024.
Carnival has round 35,000 fewer passengers onboard its fleet on a median day in comparison with Royal Caribbean which has the identical variety of ships (27).
Carnival’s variety of sexual crimes far exceed all different cruise strains. Royal Caribbean, for instance, had twenty-eight (28) such sexual crimes for 2024. The truth that Carnival has 35,000 fewer visitors than Royal Caribbean at any given time however forty p.c extra sexual assaults and rapes on its ships results in a a lot greater per capita charge of such crimes on Carnival ships.
Bodily Assaults With Critical Private Accidents
Carnival Cruise Line additionally had 4 (4) bodily assaults resulting in critical private accidents final quarter. Carnival had a complete of eighteen (18) such critical bodily assaults in 2024. This additionally far exceeds to variety of such violent crimes on different cruise ships in each whole numbers and on a per capita foundation.
Why Does Carnival Cruise Line Have The Highest Variety of Sexual Assaults and Bodily Assaults Resulting in Critical Bodily Harm?
There’s a direct correlation between extreme alcohol served on Carnival’s “enjoyable ships” and violence, on the whole, and sexual violence in opposition to ladies, specifically. Bartenders and waiters on Carnival cruise ships should not paid a wage by Carnival however depend upon ideas and gratuities. The bartenders are motivated to promote extreme quantities of alcohol with the intention to earn a dwelling. There isn’t a impartial police power on these more and more large cruise ships. Women and younger ladies are notably weak to sexual abuse in what is commonly a lawless surroundings.
It is a cruise line which has made a aware choice to not warn its visitors of the hazard of violence and sexual violence throughout cruises on its “enjoyable ships.” Take into account: Carnival Cruise Passenger Viciously Beaten and Cut in the Face With Bar Glass.
The fact of a “typical cruise,” on a Carnival ship from Miami to the Bahamas, for instance, includes cruising on a ship in essentially the most harmful fleet at sea to one of the crucial harmful cruise vacation spot on this planet. Take into account: Two Guests From the Carnival Elation Report Being Drugged and Raped During Excursion in the Bahamas, cruise strains have an absolute responsibility to warn its passengers of crime risks not solely on its ships however within the ports of name the place they go to. That is true whether or not the cruise visitors are on an tour promoted and offered by the cruise line or an independant tour unrelated to the cruise line. Carlisle v. Ulysses Line Ltd., S.A.,475 So. 2nd 248, 251 (Fla. third DCA 1985), Chaparro v. Carnival, 693 F.3d 1333 (eleventh Cir. 2012).
“Combat Ships” Not “Enjoyable Ships?”
You solely have to look at the quite a few YouTube videos of bar brawls on Carnival ships to understand that there’s motive why many individuals name Carnival ships the “battle ships” quite than the “enjoyable ships.” The DOT cruise crime information bears this out.
Carnival Refuses to Acknowledge Its Excessive Crimes Charges
Carnival Cruise Line has steadfastly refused to acknowledge the excessive crime charges on its cruise ships. Its company communication division constantly tries to attenuate the hazard to the touring public. Earlier this yr, Chris Chiames, chief communications officer for Carnival Cruise Line, tried to attenuate Carnival’s quite a few crimes alleged on its ships, telling the Washington Post that Carnival (which carried 5.5 million visitors final yr) allegedly operated “a a lot larger fleet, extra visitors and extra U.S. operations than any of our rivals.”
Carnival’s claims that its fleet is allegedly bigger and it carries extra visitors is fake and deceptive. In truth, Carnival Cruise Line additionally has the identical variety of cruise ships as Royal Caribbean (every personal 27 ships). However Royal Caribbean has considerably bigger cruise ships with better capability and carries extra passengers than Carnival at any given time. Royal Caribbean carries a most of over 166,000 passengers whereas Carnival Cruise Line has a most of round 130,000 passengers at any given time.
Carnival Cruise Line additionally has a practice of refusing to just accept accountability and misrepresenting data which it finds to be detrimental to its status and enterprise pursuits. For instance, when Carnival Company pled responsible to the second revocation of its felony probation for widespread air pollution in January of 2022, the Department of Justice stated that the cruise line has “a tradition that seeks to attenuate or keep away from data that’s detrimental, uncomfortable, or threatening to the corporate, together with to prime management.” That is an integral a part of the issue with the sexual and violent crimes alleged to be dedicated on cruise ships it operates. A recidivist company cruise felon like Carnival, with its tradition of canopy ups, lies and misinformation, will inevitably attempt to cover-up the crimes, blame the victims and misinform the general public.
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Picture credit score: Carnival Liberty leaving Miami – Jim Walker; Carnival Magic in Norfolk, VA- Jim Walker.
