I am a maritime lawyer in Miami, Florida who has spent 35 years practicing law relating to cruise ships (the first 10 years as a defense lawyer for the cruise industry and the last 25 for cruise guests and crew members). I have witnessed first-hand cruise lines incorporate in places like Liberia (yes, Africa), Bermuda and Panama, and register their ships in feckless places like the Bahamas in order to avoid U.S. income taxes, U.S. wage and labor laws, and U.S. occupational health standards to maximize profits while escaping accountability. All of the major cruise lines are corporate felons which have been convicted on violating environmental laws protecting the environment and covering their crimes up while lying to federal agencies and authorities. They have demonstrated a consistent interest in themselves at the expense of their ship employees and port communities. They routinely skirt the few laws which attempt to regulate their discharge of pollutants into the air and water.  "Scrubbers" which are designed to reduce air pollution from the exhaust stacks simply dump the highly acidic and toxic sludge directly into state and international waters.