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Investigation found 27 cruise ship workers, including from Disney, engaged with child pornography, CBP says

Nbcwashington · · 370 words · By Joe Kottke; Dennis Romero; NBC News
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What to know about Investigation found 27 cruise ship workers, including from Disney, engaged with child pornography, CBP says

Twenty-seven cruise ship workers, including some from the Disney Cruise Line, were deported after having engaged with child pornography, U.S.

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What happened

Twenty-seven cruise ship workers, including some from the Disney Cruise Line, were deported after having engaged with child pornography, U.S.

Why it matters

The discovery was made last month, after CBP officers boarded eight cruise ships between April 23 and 27 as part of an ongoing child sexual exploitation material investigation, a CBP spokesperson said in a statement Monday.

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Claim 1: “Twenty-six of the crew members interviewed were from the Philippines, one was from Portugal and another was from Indonesia”
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The breakdown of nationalities (26 Philippines, 1 Portugal, 1 Indonesia) is consistently reported across a cross-reference and multiple web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Indonesians in the Philippines consist of expatriates and immigrants from Indonesia residing in the Philippines, and their descendants. Among them were many formerly stateless people, legally called P…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Indonesia and Portugal established diplomatic relations in 1950. Portuguese explorer and trader first reached Indonesian archipelago during the Age of Exploration in the 16th century in order to searc…
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Claim 2: “A Holland America spokesperson confirmed in a statement that some of its crew members were involved.”
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Two independent web sources confirm that a Holland America spokesperson acknowledged the involvement of its crew members.
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Claim 3: “the agency determined 27 of the 28 crew members interviewed “were involved in either the receipt, possession, transportation, distribution, or viewing of CSEM or child pornography,” and that their visas were canceled and they were deported to their home countries.”
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Multiple sources confirm the specific finding that 27 of the interviewed crew members were involved in CSEM/child pornography and subsequently had their visas canceled and were deported.
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web search NEUTRAL — The operation resulted in the cancellation of visas for 27 individuals—26 from the Philippines, one from Portugal, and one from Indonesia—who were then returned to their countries of origin.
https://evrimagaci.org/gpt/disney-cruise-line-workers-deport…
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web search NEUTRAL — CBP interviewed 26 crew members from the Philippines, one from Portugal and one from Indonesia. Of those, 27 were confirmed to have received, possessed, transported, distributed, or viewed CSEM. The a…
https://newstarget.com/2026-05-09-cbp-raids-cruise-ships-arr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Officials added that the accused crew members had their visas revoked and were being deported from the US. The New York Post reported that one of the vessels involved in the operation was the Disney M…
https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/28-crew-members-of-disney-cru…
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Claim 4: “The Port of San Diego’s Harbor Police said the agency was not involved in the operation because it is prohibited by state law from participating in immigration enforcement and because the terminal is a federal port of entry under CBP’s jurisdiction.”
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Two independent web sources report the statement from the Port of San Diego Harbor Police regarding their lack of involvement due to state law and federal jurisdiction.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Port of San Diego Harbor Police issued a statement clarifying that it did not have any involvement in the detentions on April 23 or April 25 at the B Street Cruise Terminal.
https://www.boredpanda.com/28-arrested-disney-cruise-ship-st…
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web search NEUTRAL — Its stated mission is to conduct criminal investigations, enforce immigration laws, preserve national security, and protect public safety. ICE was created as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 …
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web search NEUTRAL — “The Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department did not have any involvement in the reported enforcement actions on April 23rd or April 25th at the B Street Cruise Terminal,” a spokesperson for the po…
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/cbp-arrests-28-in-massive-chil…
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Claim 5: “CBP officers boarded eight cruise ships between April 23 and 27 as part of an ongoing child sexual exploitation material investigation”
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Three separate web sources confirm that CBP officers boarded eight cruise ships between April 23 and 27 as part of a CSEM investigation.
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Claim 6: “Twenty-seven cruise ship workers, including some from the Disney Cruise Line, were deported after having engaged with child pornography, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that CBP deported 27 cruise ship workers, including some from Disney Cruise Line, for involvement with child pornography.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security. It is the country's primary border control organiz…
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Claim 7: “at least one of the CBP enforcement actions last month happened on board the Disney cruise ship Magic as it was docked at B-Street Pier on the San Diego Bay harbor.”
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Multiple sources confirm that the operation involved a Disney vessel (specifically the Disney Magic in some reports) docked in San Diego.
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web search NEUTRAL — SAN DIEGO — Twenty-seven cruise ship workers, including some from the Disney Cruise Line, were deported after having engaged with child pornography, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.
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web search NEUTRAL — Employees on a Disney cruise ship docked in San Diego, California, have been detained by immigration agents. The crew members were accused of possessing, viewing, or distributing child exploitation ma…
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web search NEUTRAL — A U.S. immigration crackdown on cruise ship crew members in San Diego led to swift deportations, raising transparency and due process concerns among rights groups and passengers.
https://evrimagaci.org/gpt/disney-cruise-line-workers-deport…
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