Two cruise ship employees, Iputuagus Karnawan and Imadewisma Dana, both 28, were arrested at PortMiami and now face charges of possessing child pornography after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer uncovered incriminating videos during what has been described as routine cabin checks, as NBC Miami initially reported.
Upon discovering these videos, the Miami-Dade Police were promptly called to the scene, resulting in the arrest of the duo, the specifics of their employment remain unconfirmed, the details emerging from these arrests signal a disturbing pattern involving cruise line workers, with a total of ten detained over the past five months on related offenses, as revealed by the specialized legal blog Cruise Law News.
Miami-Dade Judge Mindy Glazer set the bond for Karnawan at $10,000 and Dana at $12,500, which corresponds to their respective counts of alleged possession, nonetheless, the two suspects from Indonesia are still being detained under an immigration hold, adding a layer of complexity to their legal situation.
The apprehension of Karnawan and Dana comes in the wake of similar incidents involving eight other cruise ship workers linked to companies like Royal Caribbean and Disney, among others, pointing to a possible network of individuals potentially exchanging such illicit materials, although this is not explicitly confirmed in the reports, but one might suspect given the series of events.
