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00:10Over 17 and a half billion tons of air cargo is sent from the U.S. around the world each
00:17year.
00:20At Newark International Airport, Customs and Border Protection officers lead targeted operations on shipments.
00:28Their main focus, smuggled narcotics.
00:35The trafficking organizations, they're pretty savvy.
00:39They know certain things that will assist them into better smuggling blicit items through.
00:48Every day, officers run spot checks on hundreds of airmail bags.
00:54Anything the canine unit alerts to is then scanned for irregularities.
01:10Go, girl. Go, girl. Go, girl. Go, girl. Go, girl.
01:13Guys, there's an alert on this container over here.
01:19Once we put it through the x-ray, we see it. There's no hiding it.
01:23It's a constant cat and mouse game going back and forth.
01:30The little one.
01:32A box heading for the U.K. is showing an anomaly.
01:37Officer Solardi investigates.
01:39I can already smell it when I open it. My knife cut through it pretty well.
01:43Um, but here we go.
01:49Leafy green stuff.
01:55Anybody 949 has landed?
01:57Anything in the bags that stick me, poke me, cut me, hurt me by any chance?
02:00We're up against a clock.
02:02We're looking for anybody that's not declaring, and there's gonna be a lot.
02:26For security reasons, please keep your luggage with you at all times.
02:30For security reasons, unattended luggage will be removed for inspection and may be destroyed.
02:36With an average of 40,000 international flight connections,
02:40JFK Airport is one of the busiest on the planet.
02:46Are you coming back today with anything to declare?
02:48Any food products? Any alcohol or tobacco?
02:51It has 180 international destinations,
02:55connecting people from all walks of life.
02:59Any food, alcohol?
03:01I'm not in my water.
03:03Protecting the U.S. from pests and diseases
03:06is an army of agriculture specialists
03:08who screen all organic material entering the country.
03:14Our job is to inspect and make sure whatever is entering the United States
03:18is not a biological weapon,
03:21it's not going to inflict any harm on our trade
03:24or our agriculture industry here in the United States.
03:28You come to work and you never know what you're going to see.
03:33Today, a Yale academic has been referred to agricultural specialist Ellis
03:38after he declared some unusual cargo from the Dominican Republic.
03:45So we're going to take a look at the first container,
03:48see what we have here.
03:52Okay.
03:53Looks like we have small lizards.
04:00Ah, these are much bigger.
04:03I definitely did not expect to wake up,
04:06come into work and find three bins of lizards today.
04:11These items are highly regulated by the Fish and Wildlife Agency.
04:17Bringing certain organic material into the country is allowed
04:21with the correct paperwork.
04:26It's tissue samples from the lizards.
04:29Okay.
04:30And you extracted them yourself and labeled and put everything together?
04:33Exactly.
04:33Yeah.
04:33Okay.
04:33Yeah, it's all the research that we were doing.
04:36Okay.
04:37All right.
04:38The man is expected to provide both a permit from Fish and Wildlife
04:42and a letter from his department head at Yale
04:45detailing the purpose of the specimens.
04:53You know what's off about this?
04:55How does he write a letter from himself?
05:02That's him.
05:04He shouldn't have heard one out for himself.
05:08Yes, exactly my point.
05:10And this is his own number there.
05:13There's no one else.
05:15Not only is the Fish and Wildlife permit still pending,
05:19he's written a letter vouching for the material himself.
05:24For now, he and his lizards are going nowhere.
05:30first story, Dan, because we're a eighteen-year-old himself.
05:57He's in the book.
06:03At Newark's cargo facility, officers have identified suspicious anomalies in a package
06:09heading for the UK.
06:13I can already smell it when I open it.
06:15My knife cut through it pretty well.
06:18But here we go.
06:20Leafy green stuff.
06:23The smell is potent, so this is pretty high-grade stuff.
06:29Having found what appears to be cannabis, they decide to scan every other item on the cargo
06:35shipments manifest.
06:38So the suspected ones that we are going to be examining are going towards the table.
06:45And the ones that are clear that we don't see really the inconsistencies that we're used
06:51to are going to go back towards the container that is somewhat packed so that it can be
06:59released to be shipped outbound.
07:03Before long, the X-ray identifies another stack of suspicious packages.
07:11I'm examining some of the boxes that were pulled aside.
07:14When we suspect something, we have to inspect it all the way.
07:23CBP has intercepted a second box of marijuana.
07:32Europe, we don't really have weed.
07:34And with the US kind of laying back on its laws, we've become really good at growing it.
07:39So, you know, you travel, you want good pasta, you travel to Italy, you want good marijuana.
07:45Now it's looking like you're coming to the US.
07:48It's beginning to look as if the officers have hit on a sizable shipment.
07:54Winner, winner.
07:57It's a chicken dinner.
07:59And they're just getting started.
08:02More marijuana.
08:20At JFK...
08:23You can see what we have here.
08:27A Yale academic has been stopped from bringing reptilian research material into the US.
08:34Because he doesn't have the right paperwork.
08:38It's tissue samples from the lizards.
08:42He should have presented a permit from Fish and Wildlife and a letter from his boss.
08:48This is a letter that he's written for himself, by himself.
08:54But the permit's still pending, and he's endorsed himself.
09:00What we can do is reach out to Yale University and verify with them that these items are actually
09:06coming in.
09:07How are you doing today, ma'am?
09:08My name is Officer Ellis.
09:10I'm calling from Customs and Border Protection.
09:14Are you familiar with a research student he's trying to import specimens from Dominican Republic?
09:22Yes.
09:23Okay.
09:24All right.
09:24So the problem is he did the e-doc, but he did not wait for it to be confirmed or
09:30approved.
09:30It's pending, right?
09:32It has to be approved before he decides to enter the United States.
09:36We are basically going to seize the items that he's bringing in today.
09:42We have spoken to his director at Yale University.
09:45She approves it's valid.
09:47She approves he works for her.
09:48So I basically let her know, this is not a good look.
09:51Next time, make sure she writes the letter for him.
09:55Even though Yale has bounced for its academic, he still doesn't have sign off from Fish and
10:00Wildlife.
10:02Until he does, his samples will be seized.
10:07I spoke to your director, okay?
10:08This letter is no good if it's written by you.
10:11Next time, have her write proper documentation and you're good to go.
10:16Okay?
10:16They don't need to be refrigerated.
10:18Okay.
10:18I'm just concerned that they are not going to be, like, left out under the sun or anything.
10:23No, no, no, no, no.
10:24It's not left out inside.
10:25It's in a secure location.
10:27Any more questions?
10:28I don't think so.
10:29All right, good job.
10:31Have a good day.
10:31All right, you're welcome.
10:34Now he must wait for his application to be approved.
10:38If it's rejected, his research material will be destroyed.
10:43There are certain procedures that are put in place to protect our nations.
10:47Today is a prime example of that.
10:49We have our passengers coming in with items, are stated for research purposes, but we do not
10:55know what type of research that is.
10:57Fish and Wildlife will decide whether this item is allowed to enter United States.
11:21Winner, winner.
11:22It's a chicken dinner.
11:24More marijuana.
11:26At Newark's cargo facility, officers have intercepted several kilos of marijuana bound
11:33for the UK.
11:35Just more marijuana.
11:37Some more green leafy stuff.
11:40We have more leafy green substances.
11:42There you go.
11:44Good job.
11:46And they try to conceal it with this scent that, you know, once I open up the package,
11:52a little dryer sheet's not going to do anything for you.
11:55Sometimes there's packages that have full styrofoam around the packages.
11:59So it makes it, one, it makes it harder for us to get it.
12:01Two, it's trying to hide the scent from the dog.
12:04The organized crime groups behind this shipment have ways of trying to protect the recipients
12:11from being tracked down by the UK's border force.
12:15For the most part, they're using fictitious names.
12:18The Incredible Hulk out in London receiving packages.
12:22Bruce Banner.
12:23They think they're funny or they're smart about it, but, you know, we see them.
12:30Some more.
12:31And they're all about a kilo each.
12:35Some of these are the same shippers all the time.
12:38And even though we're stopping their packages today, it's not stopping them from shipping
12:41them out tomorrow or next week or going forward.
12:44So it's kind of crazy.
12:45As their search continues, officers unearth what appears to be more cannabis.
12:51This time in disguise.
12:54Okay, what do we got here?
12:58Looks to be punny.
13:02Ooh, no.
13:04Definitely not honey.
13:06What we got here seems to be either just straight up marijuana, some type of oil that is like
13:19kind of solidified to look like a candle or resin.
13:23It definitely smells like marijuana to me.
13:26So good job trying to hide it, but we got it.
13:29There it goes.
13:31It's the same stuff we had in the jar.
13:33Nice.
13:35See how different the forms look?
13:37I can already smell it.
13:39This is like a paste.
13:41That's a paste.
13:42This is a little bit more solidified.
13:44Probably hash.
13:47So let me, it's collagen for hair and nail.
13:52It's a THC vape.
13:57Two hours into the search, officers have intercepted over 100 suspicious packages that could be worth
14:04hundreds of thousands of dollars.
14:07And they aren't finished yet.
14:11You just ruined somebody's weekend.
14:13I've done that a few times in my career.
14:16I've done that a few times in my career.
14:19I've done that a few times in my career.
14:45In the United States, there are nearly 7 million people with outstanding criminal warrants.
14:52Quick picture. Thank you. And you, ma'am?
14:56Let's look at the camera, sir.
14:59CBP officers work closely with law enforcement to ensure that any wanted travelers are stopped from leaving or entering the
15:07country.
15:11Today, a man with a decades-old warrant out for his arrest has just disembarked from a flight from Mexico.
15:22Currently waiting for somebody. Apparently he has an active warrant out of Ohio.
15:29We have a crew up there retrieving him to bring him back.
15:34I'm waiting here to hear word from Lucas County.
15:39So I'm going to wait for him to get here, and we're going to go from there, see if they're
15:42going to extradite him or not.
15:44As soon as the man and his wife clear customs, Officer Halliday brings them to secondary for questioning.
15:53Do you have any more luggage?
15:54We've got two checked bags.
15:56Okay, we're going to go down and get your luggage and come back up.
15:58Okay.
15:59No, you. You can come with me.
16:04Okay. Now we can get everything out of your pockets.
16:06Give me some gloves.
16:08Do we have?
16:09Oh, yeah.
16:10Yeah, they'll do.
16:11Almost a doll size.
16:17Who's the young lady that is with you?
16:18She's my wife.
16:19Okay.
16:21And where are you coming from today?
16:23Uh, King Coon.
16:26Oh, he's traveling with his wife.
16:29Uh, I don't know if she has any idea that he has a warrant that's this old or not either.
16:33I won't talk to them together this way here.
16:36If she doesn't know, he can let her know later.
16:40Any type of narcotics?
16:41Marijuana?
16:42LSD?
16:42Anything like that?
16:43Nope.
16:44Nope.
16:45Have you been arrested in the past?
16:47Yes, sir.
16:49What were you arrested for?
16:51I've been arrested for drugs.
16:57Fake narcotics.
17:02Well, not fake.
17:04Fake marijuana, actually.
17:05Okay.
17:08Any marijuana products in here today?
17:10No.
17:11THC products?
17:13No.
17:16Okay, ma'am, you can go over there for a minute.
17:18I'm going to talk to this.
17:18I'm going to talk to him over here.
17:20You kind of switch over here.
17:21I'm going to talk to you down here on this end.
17:28Okay.
17:28Are you aware that you have warrants for your arrest out of Ohio?
17:31I am.
17:32Okay.
17:33So, uh, how long have those been in place?
17:3630 years.
17:37Okay.
17:38The warrant is still active?
17:40Officer Halliday has no choice but to keep the man
17:43at the airport until he has word from police in Ohio.
17:48If they decide to enforce the warrant,
17:51it's only an hour's drive to Detroit.
18:09Are you aware that you have warrants for your arrest out of Ohio?
18:11I am.
18:12Okay.
18:13The warrant is still active?
18:15In Detroit, Officer Halliday has stopped a traveler
18:19with a decades-old warrant out for his arrest.
18:26Why have you not taken care of them?
18:27Because they wanted a lot of money to do it.
18:30Mm-hmm.
18:31Well, you're crossing the international border right now.
18:33All right?
18:35Right.
18:35So now we could arrest you and wait until Ohio comes up
18:39and extradites you down there.
18:42As I understand it, it's non-extradited.
18:45Every time I call them, they can change their mind.
18:49As the traveler is questioned...
18:51Hi, this is Officer Lamour with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
18:54How are you?
18:56The officers contact law enforcement in Ohio.
19:00Copy.
19:06We contacted Lucas County, Ohio, the holders of the warrant,
19:10and they did not want to extradite them today.
19:16That could change.
19:17They may not today, but they might tomorrow.
19:21Who would I talk to?
19:23The county that it was issued from.
19:24Yeah, Lucas County.
19:26Okay, just called them up.
19:28What can I do to get this resolved?
19:31Because as much as you travel internationally,
19:33this could become a bigger problem later on.
19:36You're driving home, you get pulled over,
19:38but they'll change their mind.
19:40Thank you for that.
19:41No problem.
19:42All right?
19:43Okay.
19:43Well, thank you for cooperating.
19:44I know it's been years, decades, I even...
19:46But I still want to get it taken care of.
19:48Yeah.
19:49Okay?
19:50I would like to.
19:51Yeah.
19:52Well, you should play the lottery.
19:55Because you haven't got stopped yet.
19:59This time as lucky, he gets to walk away.
20:01He's going to have a good night.
20:02Next time, we could be handcuffing him.
20:06We'll see.
20:07Wait for the next time.
20:09On to the next one.
20:11All right.
20:12Goodbye.
20:36That's a paste.
20:37This is a little bit more solidified.
20:38Probably hash.
20:40At Newark's cargo facility.
20:43Looks to be honey.
20:47Oh.
20:48No.
20:49Definitely not honey.
20:52Officer Solardi and his team
20:53have intercepted 129 UK-bound boxes loaded with what appears to be marijuana leaf, vapes, and resin.
21:07Oh, my goodness.
21:09Unbelievable.
21:10There's a door there.
21:11Unbelievable.
21:14Now, officers must accurately identify what they found.
21:19We're going to test these items out right now and make sure they are what we believe they are.
21:26The scent of marijuana.
21:29You probably smell it down the hall.
21:33I'm going to use my handy-dandy probe.
21:35Never leave home without it.
21:42All right.
21:43These are our narcotics test kits.
21:45Now, as I break the vials in here, it should have a chemical reaction.
21:52There's three of them, so I'm going to break all three.
21:54I'm going to have to agitate them a little bit for the chemicals to do their thing.
22:04You can see it's starting to turn purple, as it should.
22:13Voila.
22:15That is positive for THC marijuana.
22:22Finally, they test the leafy green substance, which initially caught officers' attention.
22:30All right.
22:31Now, we're going to open the more common form.
22:34Pretty typical of what you would expect.
22:41And bam, right away.
22:44All of the 129 packages seized test positive.
22:49Now, officers need to determine the weight and value.
22:54All right.
22:5613.05 kilograms.
22:59All right.
23:01Box three.
23:0210.30 kilograms.
23:07Box four.
23:1111.15 kilograms.
23:17Box five.
23:19We got 9.40 kilograms.
23:29The estimated value from our research out in the UK, this could haul in about a million dollars worth of
23:40product that we got today.
23:41So, you know, I think all in all, we did a good job and, you know, we did our part
23:47in getting this stuff off the streets.
23:49These shipments go out again, which it's not a matter of if, but a matter of when.
23:55We'll be here.
23:56We'll be here.
23:57We'll be here and wait for it.
24:00We'll be here.
24:01Let's go.
24:24We'll be here.
24:38What do you got in here?
24:39Did you put it in here so it doesn't, like, explode or something?
24:42I mean, it does not leak.
24:43When you stuff stuff in socks like that, man, it's a little weird.
24:48Every day, hundreds of counterfeit items are smuggled or unwittingly brought into the U.S.,
24:55costing the American economy billions of dollars in lost revenue each year.
25:01Counterfeit goods are a trillion-dollar global industry
25:05and represent a large portion of profits for organized crime.
25:11No major purchases, over $800.
25:14Fake items, people buy them as souvenirs.
25:18They don't necessarily realize that they're doing anything wrong or violating any laws.
25:25It's down to officers to spot the difference between a fake and the real deal.
25:32This came over from agriculture.
25:34Do you want me to just bring them over to baggage?
25:39Today, a couple has been referred for a search.
25:43After an X-ray revealed something in their bags.
25:47They've been on vacation in Malaysia's capital,
25:50famous for its flea market selling imitation designer goods.
25:55Coming in from Malaysia, it's common to see a number of fake items.
26:02At this point, we're going to pull the bags over here.
26:04We're going to take a look and we're going to see what we have.
26:06I'll take this one over there for you.
26:10Ma'am, it's just these two bags that you have, correct?
26:13As far as big suitcases, yes.
26:16Understood.
26:17Okay.
26:18All right, ma'am, I'm going to have you fill out a form.
26:20You can just fill it out top to bottom.
26:23Despite officers suspecting that there may be items hidden in the passenger's luggage,
26:29neither have declared any goods.
26:31So Officer White gives the couple a second opportunity to do so.
26:37We'll have her filling out a declaration form.
26:40We'll see if she declares the property of interest.
26:44How you doing, sir?
26:45You look like you're ready to get out of here.
26:47I am.
26:48You know, I'm going to make this as quick and as painless for you as I can, okay?
26:52All right.
26:53The passengers fail to declare, so the officers begin an inspection of the luggage.
27:01Do you want to change or amend anything that you've written on the declaration or told me?
27:06No.
27:07No?
27:07Okay.
27:08All right, I'm going to take a quick look.
27:09While I do, I'm going to have you take a couple of steps back.
27:18How much do you pay for these watches?
27:20About $100.
27:23Hidden under clothing in the suitcase, the officers find several luxury watches.
27:30Oh, look, another one.
27:32There's concealed watches in here.
27:37We have several more.
27:39Yeah.
27:41All right.
27:41We're going to have to be better.
27:42There's three more that were concealed, sir.
27:44In this bag right here.
27:46There are about 10 watches here.
27:50Do you have receipts for items, the watches, anything like that?
27:55I don't have for the watches, no.
27:57Okay.
27:58All right.
27:59No worries.
28:01It was like at a flea market thing.
28:06I'm assuming these are counterfeits.
28:08What?
28:09Are these counterfeits?
28:12You won't be able to buy $100 if they're real.
28:15Well, they're probably not real then.
28:17Okay.
28:18For attempting to smuggle in counterfeit goods, this couple could now have the item seized and be heavily fined.
28:50Do you have receipts for items, the watches, anything like that?
28:55I don't have for the watches, no.
28:57It was like at a flea market thing.
29:00At San Francisco International Airport, officers are searching a couple who failed to declare 10 so-called luxury watches purchased
29:10on their vacation to Malaysia.
29:23All but one bears the name of a luxury brand, with a retail value far higher than what the travelers
29:30paid.
29:31So, unfortunately, we can't have this counterfeit items.
29:35Okay.
29:35Got one, isn't it?
29:36No.
29:37All right.
29:37We can have this one.
29:38This is no bread.
29:41Counterfeit goods are known to fund criminal gangs around the world, including drug smuggling cartels.
29:49How would you feel if you have a company that you won't make any money at all, right?
29:55I understand that even for the person who ran that, I'm a fan.
30:03So, all of them are brand names, so we have to take them.
30:06The one without that brand name are with honey tea, so you can have that.
30:12For failing to declare and attempting to bring in counterfeit items, there can only be one outcome for the watches.
30:20The watches are going to be destroyed on the spot.
30:23You ready?
30:24Yep.
30:29They won't be able to be resold.
30:32Damage.
30:36You get that one?
30:41Any questions for us?
30:43No.
30:44Okay.
30:48All right, sir.
30:50With most of their vacation purchases in the trash, the couple clears customs.
30:56Thinking based on the passengers' behavior, that they weren't looking to sell them, it didn't seem to be about the
31:04loss of money.
31:05It more so seemed that they had these cool souvenirs that they were going to be able to give out
31:11to friends and family.
31:14Part of our job as customs officers is looking out for the interests of U.S. commerce and protecting that.
31:21If we have a number of fake items flooding the market, it's going to be harmful to our economy here
31:28at home.
31:55What do you do for work?
32:02In Newark, Customs and Border Protection is involved in New Jersey State's crackdown on illicit massage parlors.
32:12Take your glasses off for me.
32:16Some establishments have been involved in illegal activity, including sex trafficking.
32:23Today, Officer Hernandez is on the lookout for a U.S. citizen re-entering the country from a vacation.
32:31We're waiting on an individual, a female subject.
32:34She's suspected of running an illicit massage parlor in New Jersey, engaging in human trafficking and human smuggling out of
32:41the massage parlor.
32:44The line of work that she does that may be hurtful to this country is bringing in people that may
32:50be chasing the American dream and they may be getting themselves involved in the type of work that they didn't
32:56sign up to do and they have no way out.
32:59If she's going to be coming up on this line, I think she's like third in line with her husband.
33:04As soon as the woman clears passport control, Officer Hernandez moves in.
33:11Hello, how are you doing, sir?
33:13Just follow me, guys.
33:15So, I'm just going to go back to our secondary area and I'm going to interview you over there, all
33:20right?
33:22There's no problem, no.
33:23For you, sir, you can go downstairs and collect the luggage, okay?
33:28All right?
33:28You know where to go?
33:30I'm going to stick with her.
33:31You're not allowed to go back there with her, all right?
33:34She's an American citizen.
33:36Correct.
33:36Okay.
33:37Yeah, she's an adult as well.
33:38When am I going to find her?
33:40When she's done with me interviewing her, she's going to exit right over here to the center.
33:44I can't tell you that.
33:45I don't know.
33:46You can come over here.
33:47Hello.
33:48How are you?
33:49All right.
33:55You have any electronic devices on you?
33:57Your cell phone, laptop, iPad, anything like that?
34:01Yes, okay.
34:01The cell phone?
34:02Just place it right there on top of the table.
34:05I'm just going to ask a couple of questions.
34:07Okay.
34:07And then we get you on your way.
34:08But you know, I'm not good English.
34:10Not good English?
34:11I'll keep it as simple as possible, okay?
34:13Okay.
34:13What do you do for work?
34:15Me?
34:16Just a little part-time job.
34:18Now work, housewife.
34:19You're a housewife now?
34:20Yeah.
34:20Okay.
34:21You do a little bit work sometimes.
34:23What kind of work do you do part-time?
34:26Sometimes you spa something.
34:29Are you the owner of the spa?
34:31Yes, I'm the owner.
34:32It's under your name?
34:33Yes.
34:34Okay.
34:35Massage spas are often used as a front for selling commercial sex, using trafficked people.
34:42There are believed to be more than 9,000 of these illicit businesses operating across the U.S.
34:49How many employees do you have working in the spa?
34:53Do you have their names?
34:55I don't know.
34:56You know, I go there, I hire the people.
34:58They say one day, two days ago, they don't want to do this.
35:02I ask somebody coming.
35:05So you hire employees, but you don't know their name?
35:08Because I'm leaving now, since I don't know, not yet.
35:11How long have they been working there?
35:13Who?
35:14The girls.
35:15Just a couple days, seven, one week, maybe.
35:19The woman eventually admits that as well as several casual workers, she has one full-time employee.
35:26So one girl?
35:27Yeah, one girl.
35:27Okay, one girl.
35:29Yes.
35:30And she's a permanent resident?
35:31Yes.
35:33But you don't know her name?
35:35No, I know.
35:36I have to see my paperwork, but I don't know myself.
35:39So this one girl, how long has she been working for you?
35:44She's working for maybe two years.
35:48Two years.
35:49I just imagine, though, if I ran a business and I hired somebody and they've been working for me for
35:55two years, I would know their name, you know?
35:58Unable to get a satisfactory answer about the staff on the massage parlor payroll, Officer Hernandez changes his strategy.
36:08For every U.S. citizen, resident, visitor that enters the U.S., everybody is subject to inspection.
36:14That includes any electronic devices.
36:16I'm going to take a look inside these bags.
36:18Okay, okay, okay, okay.
36:30This cell phone right here, is this yours, too?
36:32Yeah, yeah, yeah.
36:32This works?
36:34This not too much work.
36:36Not too much?
36:38Because I asked you if you have any other electronic devices.
36:40You said no.
36:41So you do?
36:42Yes.
36:42And what is this cell phone for?
36:44Sometimes I have to answer the phone.
36:47So it's a business phone.
36:49Chance for her to hear can't do that.
36:51So this is personal?
36:52Is this a personal cell phone?
36:54And this is business?
36:55Yeah, it's for business, but not much.
36:59Failing to declare the device only fuels Officer Hernandez's growing suspicions.
37:04He will now search for answers.
37:31At Newark, Officer Hernandez is questioning the owner of a New Jersey spa,
37:37suspected to be a front for sex trafficking.
37:42The cell phone right here, is this yours, too?
37:44Yeah, yeah, yeah.
37:44Because I asked you if you have any other electronic devices.
37:47You said no.
37:48So you do?
37:48Yes.
37:49Not only does the woman claim not to know the name of her only full-time employee,
37:54she failed to declare a second phone.
38:00I'm just looking for any illegal activity, okay?
38:04And when I say illegal activity, is there any evidence of narcotics?
38:09Any evidence of...
38:10I don't understand.
38:11Can you transfer for me?
38:12I don't understand you.
38:13I'm trying to explain to you as best as I can.
38:16Yeah, you know, because it's just a little bit.
38:19I can't talk to not too much.
38:21We have to talk to the opposition.
38:23It's okay.
38:24Okay, so...
38:25Something is deep.
38:25You know, I don't understand you, so...
38:27This is your personal phone?
38:29Yes.
38:29Okay.
38:30You can grab your bags and just go outside and have a seat.
38:33And give me about 20 minutes, and I'll get you out of here, okay?
38:36I can't talk to my husband or not.
38:39Not right now.
38:41I do believe she's involved in some type of activity.
38:45I try to get the name for the one girl that works out of the spa,
38:47but she doesn't have that information,
38:49which is a little hard to believe,
38:50since she has this girl employed for her for the last two years.
38:55For me, if I own a business and I have somebody employed,
38:59for the last two years, I'm going to probably know their name.
39:02While the woman waits,
39:04Officer Hernandez runs further checks and confers with colleagues.
39:09Eventually, he decides that today she's to be released.
39:14So for my, I guess, curiosity or my inspection, I'm satisfied.
39:18And we never know, you know, with these individuals
39:21that may be conducting this illicit activity.
39:25But as far as anything that we may be looking for now,
39:28I didn't find anything.
39:30So I'm going to cut her loose,
39:31because there's nothing else that we can do.
39:32We can keep her on, so.
39:38Here's your cell phones, your passport.
39:40You have your backpack right there.
39:42Thank you, thank you.
39:43I'm going to escort you out there, Rex.
39:44I know your husband is waiting for you still.
39:46Okay, okay.
39:48I am going to keep doing more research on her massage parlor.
39:51We wouldn't really know until we put the full piece of the puzzles together.
39:55I'm not a person, never do wrong things.
39:58Is he there?
39:59I don't know.
40:01Okay, there goes your husband, okay?
40:02Yeah.
40:04I hope you got a good case,
40:06because my Manhattan lawyer's on it.
40:08I hope you got a good case.
40:11For the woman's husband,
40:13their reunion hasn't come a moment too soon.
40:16It's just a horrible situation to be separated from your wife.
40:21You know, this is America.
40:24It shouldn't happen this way.
40:26For Officer Hernandez, the work continues.
40:30One of the things that we will not tolerate
40:32is individuals engaging in sex trafficking, human trafficking,
40:36with every one person that may be a suspect or a subject of interest.
40:40You multiply that by the victims out there,
40:43and that's the people that we want to focus on more
40:45and offer our resources to assist them.
40:59To be continued.
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