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Commenters point to it when discussing the lax regulation of cruise ships and flags of convenience.
An episode of Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj on the cruise industry. It looks at worker exploitation, safety shortcuts, and how cruise lines sweep crime at sea under the rug.
“Hasan Minhaj did an interesting episode about cruise ships recently on "Patriot Act" if you're interested” (HN, 2019)
Yes, but nearly all cruise ships are registered with tiny countries like Panama and the Bahamas, in order to have the most lax laws applied to them. Hasan Minhaj did an interesting episode about cruise ships recently on "Patriot Act" if you're interested: [this video]
Episode on cruise industry's lax regulation and flags of convenience
This has to do with the fact that “high seas” are not legally under any jurisdiction, right? Cruise ship business was being slowly dragged¹ into the public eye as of last year… and then COVID hit. I imagine things must have gotten only worse in the general chaos of the pandemic. ¹ [this video]
> you don't let criminals onboard Plenty of crimes happen at sea. Cruise companies expend effort to sweep these crimes under the carpet: [this video] Criminals are people who've been convicted of a crime. These people are either: - allowed on cruises (I'm not aware of a "no conviction" clause when buying a cruise ticket) - in jail, in which case you can also make the argument they're not allowed out in public So criminals are allowed on board, and people who might commit a crime are not necessarily criminals yet.
Cruise companies sweeping crimes at sea under the carpet
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