‘It is not known precisely how often crimes occur on cruise vessels or exactly how many people have disappeared during ocean voyages because cruise line companies do not make comprehensive, crime-related data readily available to the public.’

Finding 8, Sec 2, Cruise Vessel Safety and

Security Act 2010, USA

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‘We have got archaic laws going back to the days of Captain Cook … we don’t allow it to happen in the airline industry, [so] why are we allowing the lawlessness so much in the cruise industry …’

Mark Brimble, Australian campaigner for cruise ship safety, recipient of the Order of Australia medal, January 2016

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‘Do your little bit of good where you are. It’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.’

Desmond Tutu