Authorities at Port Canaveral have continued a series of deportations involving cruise ship crew members, this time following a targeted Child Sexually Exploitative Material (CSEM) enforcement operation.

According to a report posted by DFO Florida, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers identified four crew members connected to multiple cyber-tips issued by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The tips linked the individuals to the possession, exchange, or purchase of child-exploitation content online.

CBP officers carried out interviews and full cabin searches before escorting the four crew members off the vessel. They were processed and immediately returned to their countries of origin.

DFO Florida did not disclose the nationalities of the crew involved, the name of the cruise ship, nor the exact day the arrests took place.

This latest removal adds to a growing number of crew deportations reported at U.S. cruise ports over the past months.

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