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Cruise Ship Worker Sentenced to 30 Years for Secretly Filming Children

Arvin Joseph Mirasol, a cabin attendant on Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Seas, hid cameras in guest rooms to produce child pornography.

  • Mirasol was detained after a guest discovered a hidden camera in a bathroom on February 25.
  • Authorities found numerous videos of children, aged 2 to 17, in various stages of undress on his electronic devices.
  • Mirasol admitted to placing cameras in passenger cabins since December 2023 and targeting teenage girls.
  • He was arrested in March when the ship docked at Port Everglades, Florida, and later pleaded guilty.
  • Royal Caribbean terminated Mirasol and cooperated fully with law enforcement.
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