US authorities cancel cruise ship worker visas as part of child sexual abuse images case
SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. immigration authorities have revoked the visas of more than two dozen people, including Disney Cruise Line employees, over allegations they possessed or viewed child sexual abuse images.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday that they boarded eight cruise ships in late April and determined that 27 people, mostly from the Philippines, were involved in the “receipt, possession, transportation, distribution, or viewing” of child sexual abuse images.
In the statement, it was stated that the agency canceled the visas of those involved in the incident and returned them to their home countries.
The agency did not say whether any passengers on the ships were believed to have been victims. It was also not stated which ship the agents boarded, why these ships were targeted or where the operations took place. It was stated in the statement that there was no additional information.
Media outlets reported that at least some of the ships had docked in San Diego.
Disney Cruise Line said in a statement that the company “has a zero-tolerance policy for this type of behavior and cooperates fully with law enforcement.” “While the majority of these people are not from our cruise line, those who are are no longer with the company.”
