A Royal Caribbean stateroom attendant on the Symphony of the Seas was sentenced by a federal courtroom choose to 30 years in jail for producing baby pornography.
Arvin Joseph Mirasol, age 34, a citizen of the Philippines, was sentenced in Miami federal courtroom yesterday.
Throughout a cruise from Fort Lauderdale in late February, an grownup visitor who was touring along with her mom and sister found a small spy digital camera (lower than the scale of 1 / 4) hidden of their lavatory. The tiny digital camera was positioned instantly under the sink and was positioned to file individuals utilizing the bathroom. The visitor instantly reported the spy digital camera to visitor companies and safety officers finally responded. Whereas safety was current within the company’ cabin, Mirasol appeared within the cabin and admitted that he owned the digital camera. The company have been savvy sufficient to file the placement of the digital camera in addition to Mirasol’s feedback when he returned to the cabin.
Upon the Royal Caribbean cruise ship’s return to Port Everglades on March third, Homeland Safety Investigations (HSI) and Customs and Border Safety (CBP) brokers searched Mirasol’s electronics, “uncovering quite a few movies of youngsters in varied phases of undress,” in line with Native Information 7.
Federal brokers found “quite a few movies of bare females” in addition to pictures of kid sexual abuse whereas taking a look at his telephone, an SD card and USB stick. One video confirmed Mirasol putting in a digital camera in a cruise visitor’s lavatory.
Mirasol started working as a cabin attendant for Royal Caribbean in December of 2023. The investigation revealed that Mirasol had been ‘secretly recording passengers, together with kids as younger as 2 years outdated” since he started engaged on the Royal Caribbean ship three months earlier.
Based on federal investigators, Mirasol would enter company’ rooms “whereas they have been showering and conceal beneath their beds to file them exiting the bathe.”
Along with the federal prison expenses of manufacturing baby pornography, Mirasol was additionally charged with six counts of video voyeurism in state courtroom after the Broward Sheriff’s Workplace interviewed him.
Little one pornography and using spy cameras on cruise ships have turn out to be a specific downside within the final yr. This incident is only one of at the very least sixteen incidents in a interval of six months the place crew members engaged on cruise ships have been arrested on baby pornography expenses.
Up to now, crew members from 5 firms have been arrested on baby pornography expenses: Carnival – 6 (or 7)(see rationalization under*); Royal Caribbean – 4; Disney – 3; Superstar – 1; and Holland America Line – 1.
We’re conscious of at the very least two incidents instances the place spy cameras have been positioned on cruise ships to movie unsuspecting company. One case concerned the Carnival Fantasy:
And one current incident concerned Royal Caribbean’s Concord of the Seas simply final Might:
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Picture credit: Symphony of the Seas – Darthvadrouw – CC BY-SA 4.0 commons / wikimedia; Arvin Joseph Mirasol – Broward County Sheriff’s Workplace by way of Information 7; headline textual content – Information 7.
*The employer of 1 crew member, Ferry Maryanto, who was arrested in June for baby pornography, was not recognized. He could have been employed by Carnival Cruise Line on both the Carnival Horizon or the Carnival Magic. He was arrested on the port of Miami on a day when two cruise ships operated by Carnival, one ship operated by Virgin Voyages and one ship operated by Norwegian Cruise Line have been in port.
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