Four crew members on board a Carnival Cruise Line ship were removed by immigration authorities earlier this month, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials.
CBP personnel boarded the Carnival Pride ship while it was docked in Baltimore on Sept. 7 “based off intelligence that crew members were in possession of child sexual exploitation material,” a spokesperson for the agency shared in a statement with PEOPLE.
They added: “After boarding the vessel and interviewing four suspected crew members, officers confirmed they had received and viewed the exploitation material. CBP revoked their shore passes and these criminals are being removed from our country.
4 Carnival Cruises Employees Removed for Allegedly Possessing ‘Child Sexual Exploitation Material’
