00:00The Walt Disney Company is speaking out after ICE officials nabbed several of its crew from a
00:04company cruise ship last month as part of a child pornography sting. Now this federal operation is
00:09massive and it's ongoing. Customs and Border Protection told the California Post they arrested
00:1428 workers from five different vessels between April 23rd and the 25th. Now Disney says they're
00:20cooperating with authorities but noted that the majority of those apprehended were not employed
00:24by Disney directly. A spokesperson told the Post that any who were Disney employees were fired.
00:31Quote, we have a zero tolerance policy for this type of behavior. Customs and Border Protection said that
00:36many of those arrested were from the Philippines as well as one detainee from Portugal and another
00:41from Indonesia. They also confirmed, quote, all subjects were involved in either the receipt,
00:46possession, transportation, distribution or viewing of child sexual abuse material or child pornography.
00:51The agency has canceled their visas and are removing them from the country.
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