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Maersk Suspends 5 Officers, Crew Members Amid Rape Allegations

Maersk Suspends 5 Officers, Crew Members Amid Rape Allegations

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S has suspended 5 officers and crew members amid allegations that a rape took place on one of its ships.

Maersk is working with U.S. authorities to investigate the possible assault, the Copenhagen-based shipping company said in a series of tweets on Tuesday.

The Berlingske newspaper reported over the weekend that an anonymous U.S. woman had written in an blog post that she was raped in 2019 on a Maersk ship when she was 19 years old.

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