The cruise industry avoids reporting crimes

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Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., who sponsored the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act, promised the bill would provide greater transparency about crimes on passenger ships operating out of U.S. ports.

However, unknown to Carver and other supporters, the bill was changed shortly before it passed to provide less, not more, information about cruise-ship crime.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/2012/06/09/20120609cruise-line-crime-call12.html#ixzz1xOvbUYRF