The director of operations, in a brief interview with this medium at his Fajara office, noted that the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 on job application laid it down that seeking a job to work in the cruise line is absolutely free for any applicant.
"Those demanding money or bribes from applicants to recruit them for cruise line jobs are scammers and impersonators pretending and using the name of CSCG to deceive innocent people collecting money from them," Mr. Drammeh debunked.
On several occasions and in interviews, "I have warned applicants to be very careful of whom they deal with and besides at CSCG, it is pasted everywhere that 'No Cash is Allowed In This Office.' Meaning, all payment is done through the Bank."
Therefore, he noted, people receiving money or bribes from applicants for a slot to work on cruise lines are not staff of the Cruise Ship Crew Gambia "So don't give your money to anybody, follow the rules and regulations. Those impersonators using Crew Ship Crew Gambia name and documents to scam people are already facing the charges in law court."
"This fake arrested so-called agency and impersonators arrested are scamming and charging applicants exorbitant amounts telling people they are agent for Royal Caribbean International and so on are charging them a lot of money. It is not us! Our office is at Fajara on Atlantic Road without any branch offices."
However, he stated that there is service fees "known as optional service fees thus applicants need to have passports, medical exam/report ready, seaman book, STCW, and Police Report and all these can be done through the office while all procedures are visible to the applicants."
He added that every procedure has to be approved by the cruise lines "So we are there to protect our group. CSCG is the only recruitment agency for cruise lines in this country where you don't have to pay anything to anybody."
