Cruise lines reported 82 alleged sexual assaults from 2018 to the Department of Transportation, more than any other crime.
, which published a story about sexual assaults on cruise ships from journalist Meg O'Connor on Tuesday.
Some crimes are not reported to the DOT because they do not fall under the categories included in the agency's cruise ship crime report, according to the Miami New Times. A review by Congress members of crimes reported by cruise lines to the DOT and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2011 and 2012 reportedly found that cruise lines reported 30 times the number of crimes to the FBI that they did to the DOT.
Of the 149 sexual crimes cruise lines reported to the FBI in 2011, 64 were not categorized as rape or sexual assault, which means they did not have to have to be disclosed to the public, according to the Miami New Times., a trade association for the cruise industry, 11.9 million people from the US took a cruise in 2017, and the group projects that 28.2 million people from the US took a cruise in 2018.
"Although allegations of crime onboard cruise ships are rare, Cruise Lines International Association cruise lines take such allegations very seriously," a CLIA representative told Business Insider."Cruise lines have every incentive to ensure that any allegation of serious crime is properly reported and that the alleged victim receives all the care and assistance he or she needs.
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