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Has anyone here been on Royal Caribbean's Sovereign of the Seas ship?

If I had a cruise ship and kept in on the high seas could anyone legally stop me from selling drugs there?

  • So.. the plan would be a cruise ship stocked with tons of drugs IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS.. where people would come out to take vacations. It would be called the Drug Boat and we would ferry passengers and supplies from all over to the Drug Boat for vacations. We could also make all the illegal stuff like gamling and protitution avalible on this boat as well. Of course the boat wouuld only ever come into harbor when it needed repairs since it would have to dump all the drugs and stop the illicit activity when it came into port to abide by the law... but at that point there would be nothing to arrest anyone for. I know this is silly but tell me why this wouldn't work?

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    you would have to abide by the laws of the country your ship is registered in; and as long as you remain in the international waters you might get away with it for a little bit. Rest asure they will come up with a law to outlaw it someway, plus if you are a citizen of the U.S. you would have to pay tax on the income (the drug stamp tax law), unless you lived out of the country or in international waters for more than 6 months ayear.....good thinking though..might be short lived p.s. you would have to have ships come into shore to pick up people and take them to your boat, you woudl not want to bring your boats into the U.S. waters to pick up passengers, otherwise they could search your vessel, and also now that i think about it, do not let people take drugs back off the ship with them, otherwise the coast gaurd could board you because you are traffifcing into the U.S. there are a lot of things they coudl interpret cut me in and i will help you out..lol

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Maybe not, but the U.S. would still blow you out of the water. Just like the raids in columbia during the 80's.

Steve

You would still be subject ot international law, as well as the laws of the nation to which you are a citizen. Your suppliers would be illegal, and shipments to your boat would be subject to interception and confiscation. Any prostitution activities would fall under human trafficing laws. And worst of all, more than worrying about law enforcement, you'd be more at risk from modern day pirates. All those drugs, money, and wealthy vacationers available for ransom - you better have one hell of a security force!

lmn78744

You fall under the laws of the country the ship is registered to. If what you think is true then murder would be ok too. ✩

Barkley Hound

wow, lol you must have taken some time to think this up. I don't see why it wouldn't work as well, but you might have a hard time getting vacationers to leave.

brii

Actually I think it would work. Brilliant.

Nebbi V

Let me be the first to get a ticket on this cruise ship.Sounds like fun, but would never happen. Keep using your imagination and find something legal to make your money. Good luck

Steve O

You and I should collaborate, because I have totally thought of this. What a crazy-fun cruise that would be. I'm down, let's start scheming

Patronin'

You my friend are a poster child for the return of corporal punishment!

now don't start that again

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