Cruise news (crimes-tagged)
- Accidents
6 drug traffickers attempting to board Costa Diadema with 30 kilos of cocaine arrested at the port...
Brazil's Federal Police arrested 6 people who would embark on a Costa cruise at the Port of Santos, on the coast of Sao Paulo, with ~30 kg of drugs...
April 20, 2022 - Accidents
Another drug bust on MSC Seaside: 2 passengers arrested for smuggling 12 kilos of cocaine
Police at the port of Marseille (France) have arrested 2 passengers on the MSC Cruises' ship MSC Seaside who were reportedly carrying a total of 12...
April 14, 2022 - Accidents
10 passengers on MSC Seaside arrested for attempting to smuggle 54 kilos of cocaine
The Spanish authorities arrested 10 passengers sailing on MSC Cruises' ship MSC Seaside for attempting to smuggle a total of 54 kilos of cocaine...
April 14, 2022 - Accidents
Miami judge: 4 major cruise lines engaged in “prohibited tourism” and “trafficking activities” by...
In a consequential ruling on Monday, March 21, a Miami federal judge said 4 major cruise lines with South Florida ties - CCL-Carnival Cruise Line...
March 25, 2022 - Accidents
Tahitian cruise ship passenger arrested in Raiatea (French Polynesia) with 21+ kg of drugs worth US...
The French Polynesian border police seized ~US$50 million worth of methamphetamine drugs onboard a HAL-Holland America cruise ship arriving from the...
March 24, 2022 - Accidents
445 kg of cocaine seized, slaughtered sailor found on containership MSC Adelaide
400+ kilograms of cocaine were seized in Port Genova (Italy), hidden in a TEU-container loaded with coffee from Brazil. In addition to drugs, a 50...
February 8, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Illegal drugs seized on Cordelia Cruises' ship Empress at Port Mumbai India
India's NCB-Narcotics Control Bureau raided Cordelia Empress ship (fka Empress of the Seas) at Port Mumbai India and reportedly seized...
October 4, 2021 - Accidents
31+ kg/69+ pounds of cocaine discovered on a Royal Caribbean/Celebrity cruise ship
Royal Caribbean cruise ship's security services have discovered 69.5 pounds of cocaine onboard the vessel last week. They've turned over the haul to...
June 14, 2021 - Accidents
Female Passenger Brutally Beaten on NCL Breakaway Ship
On November 4, 2019, while the NCL Breakaway ship was at sea (en-route from Florida to Puerto Rico), a male passenger brutally assaulted a female...
November 15, 2019 - Accidents
Hungary’s Supreme Court Rules: Cruise Ship Captain’s Bail Release Unlawful
The decision by lower courts to release on bail the Ukrainian captain of a Viking riverboat that collided with a sightseeing boat in central...
July 30, 2019 - Accidents
Police Take Ukrainian Cruise Ship Captain into Custody
Hungarian police late Thursday announced it had taken into custody the captain of a Viking ship Sigyn involved in an accident on the Danube River in...
May 31, 2019 - Accidents
Drugs Worth GBP 50,000 Seized at Ferry Terminal in Aberdeen
Two Glaswegians were charged in connection with a GBP 50,000 haul of heroin after a series of drug busts in Port Aberdeen over the weekend. The drugs...
April 29, 2019 - Accidents
16 Cruise Passengers Arrested with 306 kg of Cocaine on Costa Favolosa
Sixteen passengers from a Costa Cruises ship were arrested on Wednesday, March 27 for drug smuggling in the port of Santos, Brazil. According to...
March 29, 2019 - Accidents
12 Arrested After GBP 2 million of Cocaine Was Found in Cruise Ship Crisps
Two British citizens are among twelve suspected smugglers who were arrested after more than GBP 2 million of cocaine was seized onboard an MSC...
March 29, 2019 - Accidents
Cruise Passengers Try to Smuggle Drugs on Miami Ship
Two travelers from Washington D.C. were arrested on Sunday, February 3, after trying to smuggle drugs in their luggage onboard a cruise ship docked...
February 5, 2019