By Danielle A. Alvarez and Brittany Wallman, Sun Sentinel
11:02 p.m. EST, January 4, 2012
PORT EVERGLADES—
A teenager said she was raped by two passengers while aboard a Port Everglades-based cruise ship, lured from a teen dance club to a private room in the wee hours of the morning.
A teenage boy and a young man were arrested at Port Everglades on Tuesday. Both live in Brazil, but are being held in Broward.
The teen and her family, who live in Iowa, set sail from Fort Lauderdale on Christmas for a 10-day cruise aboard Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas.
The ship called at ports in St. Thomas, St. Maarten, St. Kitts and Haiti.
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Posted on January 4, 2012 by Jim Walker
A year ago, the Royal Caribbean CEO Richard Fain and President Adam Goldstein were aboard the Allure's sister ship with microphone in hand and supposedly open for all questions.
But they refused to provide any information about the safety and security of the passengers. Certainly U.S. passengers who pay thousands of dollars each to sail on this mega-target of a ship deserve straight forward answers whether their families will be safe from crime. Here are the questions which I posted on my blog which remain unanswered:
"Q: The LA Times reported that for a period of 32 months, there were over 250 incidents of sexual assault, battery, and sexual harassment against guests and crew members on Royal Caribbean cruise ships. In light of these problems, how many security guards are employed on the Genesis class of cruise ships?
Q: How many security guards are assigned to the seven "neighborhoods" on the cruise ships? Allure of the Seas - Security - Sexual AssaultsAre there security "sub-stations" in each of the neighborhoods?
Q: How many security guards patrol the neighborhoods from 10:00 p.m. to 4 a.m., a time period we have found when female passengers are at a higher risk of being assaulted? (Both of the alleged rapes this week occurred in the early morning hours when Royal Caribbean has virtually no guard patrolling).
Over a year ago, I also asked the straightforward question:
Has Royal Caribbean invested adequately into safety and security technologies and personnel to protect you and your family?
The cruise line executives will never tell, but we shall soon find out."
Source:
http://www.cruiselawnews.com/2012/01/articles/rape-1/two-rapes-alleged-on-royal-caribbeans-allure-of-the-seas-cruise-ship/
