15 Year Old Missing Off Costa Cruise Ship

[Nandee]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A 15-year-old cruise passenger from Ireland was reported missing early yesterday morning in waters off Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, the latest in a string of disappearances from cruise ships.

The passenger, who was traveling with her family, was aboard the cruise ship Costa Magica, which left Fort Lauderdale New Year's Day on a weeklong Western Caribbean itinerary. It is due back on Sunday.

Around 2 a.m. EST yesterday, as the ship was making its way toward Cozumel, Mexico, the teenager was reported to have disappeared. "We have a full investigation going on," said Lynn Torrent, president of Costa Cruise Lines.

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[Sweetwater]

This is yet one more tragic story of a young girl disappearing off a cruise ship. Sex Slavery is alive and well and living all over the world. I believe that the majority of cases involving missing teens and young women are the result of kidnappings into sex slavery. I don't know what the solution is, aside from the obvious one, but this is a growing problem and it's going to get far worse before it gets better. :crying: