Cruise ship industry gripped by epidemic of child porn

[Jim Burton]

Four Carnival Cruise Line crew members were removed from a ship in Baltimore by border security officials.

Customs and Border Protection inspected the Carnival Pride ship on Sept. 7, “based off intelligence that crew members were in possession of child sexual exploitation material,” the law enforcement organization told USA TODAY.

“After boarding the vessel and interviewing four suspected crew members, officers confirmed they had received and viewed the exploitation material,” the emailed statement continued.

CBP did not specify whether any criminal charges had been filed against the crew members. “This is a law enforcement matter of which we always cooperate, and we defer to the authorities for further comment,” Carnival said in an emailed statement.

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