Cruise ship crime reaches 2-year high and throws “Dark Cloud” for travelers: expert

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Crime rates on board cruise ships that leave the United States have reached a two -year -old high, and an expert says that this creates a “dark cloud” for travelers.

According to the Ministry of Transport, allegations of 48 criminal offenses on board cruise ships were reported from January 1, 2025 to March 30, 2025. 23 incidents were reported, 10 were sexual attacks and seven attacks, all of which were on cruise ships.

Robert McDonald, a former special representative and lecturer in criminal justice at the University of New Haven, told Fox News Digital Crime, the cruise industry negative. McDonald coordinated security for various dignitaries around the world.

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“Sometimes the cruise lines do not want to report this information about the front -depending on the type of crime it is what unhappy attention pays them, just like if we have aircraft situations or the delays in airplanes that we now have,” said McDonald.

“All this negative mood and negative information puts a dark cloud about the industry, an industry that wants people to get there and that they spend their money comfortably.”

McDonald said that cruises are more susceptible to crimes due to the number of people packed in a narrow area.

“I think at any time when we bring together a large number of people, be it in a Super Bowl game or in a World Series game or an NBA final or so on, or so on when we bring people together when alcohol is involved.

“Every time we come together, these numbers will rise, whether this is in a resort, be it on a cruise ship.”

On March 21, two illegal immigrants were arrested after they allegedly molested a minor on board a Royal Caribbean Cruise, which was sailed by Miami.

Jose Prudencio Diaz (36) and Ricardo Daniel Mondragon Leal, 37, were charged with children's abuse and exhibition after an incident against the independence of the Seas ship by Royal Caribbean.

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The victim was identified as a 14-year-old boy who told the police that he was in the ship's sauna when Diaz and Leal allegedly masturbated in front of him.

According to the Sheriff's Miami-Dade, Diaz and Leal forced the victim to touch them. Leal also supposedly forced the minor to carry out a sex law.

Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Ministry of Homeland, said in a contribution to X: “We will bring this patient out of our country.”

A recent incident included dozens of carnival cruise passengers that were triggered by a ship on April 26. In a video published on social media, several cruise passengers push the crowds in the port of Galveston Cruise Terminal.

While the fight that happened in the cruise port, people can be seen how they beat and kick others.

The Carnival Cruise Line placed 24 passengers on a “non -sail list” and prohibited them from reaching one of the company's ships. A spokesman for Carnival Cruise Line previously said with Fox News Digital that it does not tolerate violence.

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“The matter was handed over to law enforcement,” said the spokesman. “We will not tolerate such behavior, and 24 people weren't sailing on our cunning.”

Fox News Digital turned to Carnival and Royal Caribbean for a comment.

Greg Wehner from Fox News Digital contributed to this report.