A small item "buried" on page 26 of today's The Daily Telegraph notes that 24* people have disappeared from cruise ships between 2003 and 2005. As well, 178 passengers reported being sexually assaulted - with almost half of these assaults committed by other passengers according to International Council of Cruise Line figures. So the other half must have been committed by ... cruise staff members? I wonder if the single older women who choose to go sailing because they feel safer will feel as safe knowing this - although it's probably something the cruise lines don't publicise.
The report didn't say where the figures were from, or if they were global figures, just that they were being presented to a US congressional panel.
* 24: 12 were deemed suicides; 1 was an accidental fall overboard and the others are "missing for unknown reasons" - which leaves the field wide open. Murder on the high seas?
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