On April 8, 2025, we reported on the arrest of a Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) crew member on the Norwegian Bliss who was apprehended on the port of Los Angeles at 8:30 a.m. on April 4th for possession and transmission of kid sexual abuse supplies (CSAM).
The Florida Division of Legislation Enforcement (FDLE) acknowledged in a press launch that its investigation started nearly two years in the past (on July 24, 2023), “when brokers obtained a cybertip from the Nationwide Heart for Lacking and Endangered Youngsters (NCMEC) about an internet account importing information depicting kids being sexually abused.” FDLE acknowledged that the uploads of kid sexual abuse supplies (in all probability movies) “originated from Pappa’s account that’s registered in Nassau County (FL), and that Pappas was employed by Norwegian Cruise Line.”
NCL has launched very restricted details about its pedophile ship worker engaged on its cruise ship. It launched this cursory assertion in response to an inquiry from USA TODAY in regards to the arrest:
“The worker was dismissed from the corporate with a Do Not Rehire standing as we now have zero tolerance for this conduct.”
NCL shouldn’t be revealing the pervert’s job title, how lengthy he labored for NCL, or the likelihood that he has movies of youngsters who sailed on NCL cruise ships. We now have inquired whether or not any NCL crew members know his job title or have entry to any pictures of him.
A number of NCL ship staff responded. All want to stay nameless fearing reprisal from NCL for talking with our agency. We now have discovered that Pappas labored because the “Head of Broadcast” (i.e., a broadcast technician) aboard NCL’s Norwegian Bliss cruise ship. A colleague of his on the ship wrote: “That is really horrifying — this man was onboard with unfettered entry to kids and Wi-Fi (in his place as head of broadcast he had extra entry to WiFi than common crew) for your complete time he was beneath investigation.”
Considered one of his colleagues offered us with a hyperlink to his Fb web page. He goes by “Banks Pappas” (Theo) and makes use of the {photograph} under on his house web page.
We’re within the technique of acquiring a duplicate of the court docket file in Florida (the place he will likely be prosecuted for his intercourse crimes), as we had been unable to acquire any information or perhaps a mug shot from the legal and police information in Los Angeles.
We’re nonetheless attempting to find out how lengthy Pappas labored aboard NCL cruise ships or whether or not he labored for different cruise strains previously. When you have this info, we promise to guard your anonymity and won’t reveal your identification beneath any circumstance.
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Picture credit score: Youngster Sexual Abuse Supplies Picture – Addressing Youngster Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM): A Complete Perspective; Theodore Burbank Pappas, Jr., – Fb.
