Disney Cruise Staffers Arrested in Child Sex Abuse Material Probe as Passengers Watch Them Escorted Off in Cuffs

NEED TO KNOW

• Multiple Disney cruise employees were led off a ship by Customs and Border Protection after a child sexual exploitation materials investigation, per reports
• More than two dozen people on eight cruise ships were detained, among them staffers
• “We have a zero-tolerance policy for this type of behavior and fully cooperated with law enforcement,” a spokesperson for Disney Cruise Line told Variety

Multiple Disney cruise ship employees were detained by Customs and Border Protection agents in connection with a child sexual exploitation materials investigation, according to reports.

Varietyand10 News reported that CBP detained 28 people after boarding eight cruise ships docked in San Diego from April 23 to April 27.

“After boarding the vessels and interviewing 26 suspected crew members from the Philippines, one suspected crew member from Portugal, and one from Indonesia, officers confirmed that 27 of the 28 subjects were involved in either the receipt, possession, transportation, distribution, or viewing of CSEM or child pornography,” CBP said in a statement reported by both outlets.

The agency said that the people detained are being returned to their countries of citizenship.