Cruise Ship Activities : Dancing, Relaxation..RAPE!!!!

Any cruise ship injury lawyers will be the first to tell you that the promise of fun, excitement, and the joy of being out in the open ocean air, all these things come to mind when considering a vacation on a cruise ship. The chance to work on that tan, shop in new ports of call, catch some entertainment, and experience fine dining, these all come to mind too. But, fun in the sun can end in rape.

It´s true! As stated in the latest data released by the Los Angeles Times, (January 2007), around 162 sexual related assaults happen yearly out of every 100,000 passengers on board a cruise ship. This is quite an alarming statistic and was released by court order.

The cruise ship industry is very reluctant to admit there is that large of an incident of sexual assaults on board their ships. The cruise ship industry has tried to sweep this all under the rug, stating their passengers have adequate security protection while on board their ships. Not only are they wrong, sometimes they are dead wrong. Some cruise ship rape victims have ended up dead.

In fact, it has been brought before congress by expert testimony that rape is 50% more likely to happen on board a cruise ship than on land. The cruise industry begs to differ. They hired a crime rate report to be done and their report came up with only 17.6 rapes per 100,000 passengers. But since then, they have conceded that 3 times that rate, or 49 out of 100,000, is the actual figure.

There are special maritime or admiralty lawyers in Los Angeles and throughout Orange County that have expertise in cases of sexual assault aboard a cruise ship. Different rules can apply if the rape happens in California coastal or territorial waters, or in international waters. That is why it is imperative to contact the expert´s lawyers in cruise ship rape if you have been a rape victim of rape while a passenger on board one of these ships.

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