QClock May 06, 2026 - Disney Cruise Line, Pedo Arrests
*I tend to stay away from a "17" hour or minute increment on my clocks, but this one just jumped out at me…
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https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/us-news/disney-breaks-silence-after-staff-dragged-off-cruise-ship-as-part-of-massive-child-porn-sting/
Disney cruise ship staffers among 28 arrested in massive child porn operation
By Ross O'Keefe and Brad Appleton
Published May 6, 2026, 9:51 p.m. ET
Families hoping to make memories on a cruise were unknowingly surrounded by alleged child predators working aboard the ships, according to law enforcement officials.
US Customs and Border Protection boarded five cruise ships, including a Disney cruise docked in San Diego, between April 23 and 25 as part of ongoing child sexual exploitation material (CSEM) enforcement operations, a CBP spokesperson told The California Post.
“After boarding the vessels and interviewing 26 suspected crew members from the Philippines, one suspected crew member from Portugal, and one from Indonesia, officers confirmed all subjects were involved in either the receipt, possession, transportation, distribution, or viewing of CSEM or child pornography,” the CBP spokesperson said.
“CBP cancelled their visas and these criminals are being removed from our country,” the spokesperson continued.
“We have a zero-tolerance policy for this type of behavior and fully cooperated with law enforcement. While the majority of these individuals were not from our cruise line, those who were are no longer with the company,” a Disney spokesperson told The California Post.
It’s unclear which other ships the additional crew members may have worked on outside of Disney.
Passengers aboard a Disney cruise ship docking in San Diego were stunned as they documented multiple employees getting arrested last month.
Vacationers watched as immigration officials cuffed several employees on the Disney Magic ship while it was being unloaded. Passenger Dharmi Mehta took a video of the moment, saying one of those detained was her server.
Prior to the news about what the arrests were allegedly for, several immigration rights groups were up in arms about the Disney arrests, and also claimed four “seafarers” were arrested on the Holland America MV Zandaam cruise ship.
The port said local police were not involved in the arrest.
“The Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department did not have any involvement in the reported enforcement actions on April 23 or April 25 at the B Street Cruise Terminal,” a spokesperson for the port told NBC San Diego.
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https://nypost.com/2026/05/06/us-news/disney-cruise-ship-staffers-among-28-arrested-in-child-porn-sting/
https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/us-news/disney-breaks-silence-after-staff-dragged-off-cruise-ship-as-part-of-massive-child-porn-sting/
Disney breaks silence after staff dragged off cruise ship as part of massive child porn sting
By Ross O'Keefe
Published May 7, 2026, 11:41 a.m. ET
The Disney company has spoken out after immigration officials nabbed several of their staff off one of their cruise ships in San Diego last month as part of a massive child porn sting.
Customs and Border Protection told the California Post they arrested 28 workers off five different vessels between April 23 and 25 as part of ongoing child sexual exploitation material enforcement operations.
Disney said the majority of those apprehended were not from their company while reiterating their cooperation with law enforcement.
“We have a zero-tolerance policy for this type of behavior and fully cooperated with law enforcement,” a Disney spokesperson told The Post.
“While the majority of these individuals were not from our cruise line, those who were are no longer with the company.”
The company would not specify the exact number of Disney employees arrested. The immigration officials previously arrested the workers in front of stunned cruise ship passengers.
Passenger Dharmi Mehta took a video of the moment, saying one of those detained was her server during the five-day trip last month.
“He was full in uniform, which was in a blazer, tie. Some of the other employees were still in their chef’s uniforms with their name tags on it,” Mehta said. She called the arrests “really unsettling.”
Customs and Border Protection told The California Post that 26 of the crew members from the five ships were from the Philippines, one from Portugal, and one from Indonesia.
The agency confirmed “all subjects were involved in either the receipt, possession, transportation, distribution, or viewing of CSEM or child pornography,” cancelled their visas, and are removing them from the country.