The Disney company has spoken out afterimmigration officials nabbedseveral of their staff off one of theircruise shipsin 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 ongoingchild sexual exploitation materialenforcement 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.”
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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 duringthe 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.”
Ten crewmembers from the Disney ship were arrested, immigration groups claimed.
Source: California Post – Breaking California News, Photos & Videos
