Cruise Lines Spent $70M to Block the Rules That Protect Kids

A former FBI Deputy Director retired on a Friday and started at Royal Caribbean by Monday. A former Coast Guard officer became the top regulatory affairs executive at the industry’s own trade group. The cruise industry has spent an estimated $70 million lobbying Congress since 1997 according to OpenSecrets and researcher Dr. Ross Klein. The money goes to every agency that matters: Homeland Security, the Coast Guard, the Justice Department, Transportation. The law that was supposed to reform everything — the 2010 CVSSA — was fought by the industry and ultimately created only a reporting mandate. No prosecution. No independent oversight. No device screening. Ships fly foreign flags to avoid U.S. taxes and jurisdiction. NDAs silence families. And every cruise line uses the same phrase when crew are caught: zero tolerance. This is the final episode of Cruising with Predators, a Hidden Killers investigation. What has to change: mandatory device screening, an international offender registry, prosecution before deportation, independent investigations, an end to NDAs involving minors, and youth program standards that match land-based requirements.

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