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.

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

The spokesperson said the agency determined 27 of the 28 crewmembers 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.