AP: Jihadis on cruise ships to Syria

From the Associated Press:

Would-be jihadi fighters are increasingly booking tickets on cruise ships to join extremists in battle zones in Syria and Iraq, hoping to bypass stepped-up efforts to thwart them in neighboring Turkey, Interpol officials have told The Associated Press.

This is one of the reasons why the international police body is preparing to expand a pilot program known as I-Checkit, under which airlines bounce passenger information off Interpol's databases - in hopes that one day the system could expand to include cruise operators, banks, hotels and other private-sector partners....MORE