Hendri Dharmawan
Crew Member Arrested With Child Pornography
Carnival Cruise Line Triumph - September 1, 2009
He was arraigned in Halifax provincial court September 2, 2009 on a Customs Act charge of smuggling child pornography into the country.
On September 4, 2009, investigators added a Criminal Code charge of possession of child pornography.
It is unclear how Dharmawan came to possess the photographs, if they were of children from passengers who were aboard the ship, came from children who lived in ports of calls, from his hometown, or if he might have gotten them from another crew member or passenger while aboard the Triumph.
Triumph left New York City on Saturday, August 29, 2009. She then stopped at Saint John, New Brunswick the next day, before going to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada the following day.
The ship had been sailing that route since June 7, 2009. Before that, the ship sailed to Norfolk,Virginia, Charleston, South Carolina. Prior to the New York City home port, the ship was based in Miami, Florida, taking cruises to the Bahamas and the Caribbean in general.
Caribbean nations included the American territories of the U.S. Virgin Island and Puerto Rico.
Dharmawan is in custody at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia until his next court appearance September 11, 2009.
By coincidence, the court date aligns with the date another crew member was arrested for trying to have sex with a minor. That case, I had just finished updating only moments before I was given this new case.
Both men appear to have pages on Facebook.
The updated other case is here
Hendri Dharmawan, 29, a crew member aboard Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Triumph, was arrested Tuesday, September 1, while the ship was docked at Pier 22 on the Halifax, Nova Scotia waterfront.
Dharmawan is said to be from Indonesia and was in possession of child pornography on his personal computer when Canadian police arrested him.
