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North Korea Claim: Safer Than A Walk In London


According to Reuters, North Korean tourist ads in Russia encourage visits to their wonderfully safe country. They extol the peaceful friendliness of the Communist nation’s people and cities, and compare them to the English capital city. 

Maybe the U.S. should respond: While most American cities are peaceful and safe, there are terrible dangers from evil street criminals. So Russian visitors should not visit crime-ridden Salt Lake City, poverty-stricken Beverly Hills nor hateful-faced Pennsylvania Dutch slums.

And, of course, the dying American college student tourist who was shipped home recently after two years of gentle North Korean prison hospitality, died of natural causes.
Cruise Ships Must Report Crimes Committed At Sea PDF Print E-mail


While very rare, it happens. Jewelry disappears from the cabin. A crew member illegally uses a stolen credit card. American cruise ship passengers may experience theft, assault and more serious crimes. Often, because the offenses happened in mid-ocean or foreign ports, cruise lines haven’t reported them to U.S. authorities.

The Department of Transportation’s Federal Maritime Commission recently issued orders to all passenger ships that sail to and from U.S. ports. Officials of the lines are required to make public any crimes against passengers. The responsibility is to give total information all incidents to the FBI.

If, while on a cruise, you suspect, experience or witness a crime, be sure your report to the ship’s officers is forwarded to the proper U.S. authorities.
 
 
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