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00:16Honolulu Airport is a major transportation hub for airfreight from the U.S. to the Pacific Rim.
00:24The Mexican cartels use this mail route to traffic crystal meth from Mexico to Australia,
00:31where a supply shortage means higher profits.
00:35Hawaii is actually known for being a hub for narcotics due to the sheer number of outbound parcels.
00:49See the flat one right there? Check the number on that.
00:52Today, at the airport's 450,000-square-foot freight facility...
00:57I pulled down randomly.
01:00Officers are screening several large shipments en route from the U.S. mainland to Sydney, Australia.
01:08We called in the sheriff's narcotic canine to come in and run the boxes for us,
01:14see if the dog hits on any of the parcels.
01:17Hoping to find some drugs, narcotics, gun parts.
01:23This one.
01:25He'll be able to tell us which ones the canine is interested in.
01:30So it's very important to us that we work with our local law enforcement units here in the state of
01:36Hawaii.
01:38The camaraderie we build benefits us, and we share resources because we are in the middle of nowhere in the
01:46Pacific.
01:49Before long, the dog singles out a large box, a strong indication that it's loaded.
01:55We're going to look particularly into one that he alerted to.
02:00And we're going to see what kind of things we can find in there.
02:0628949 has landed.
02:07Anything in the bags that stick me, poke me, cut me, hurt me by any chance?
02:10We're up against a clock.
02:12We're looking for anybody that's not declaring, and there's going to be a lot.
02:38Newark International Airport is among the busiest in the United States, serving up to 48 million passengers.
02:45every year.
02:47And that was your only bag?
02:49No, I have two other ones.
02:50All right.
02:52It's also a primary gateway between the continental U.S. and the Caribbean, with 25 flights touching down daily.
03:01Where are you coming from?
03:02Dubrovnik.
03:03Dubrovnik?
03:03Dubrovnik.
03:04Today, a passenger just off a plane from the Dominican Republic has been referred for questioning by officers and passport
03:11control.
03:13Hello, sir.
03:15Can you show me your passport?
03:17Do you speak English or no?
03:18Of course I do.
03:20Okay.
03:21He spoke to me in Spanish first.
03:23You know why they stopped me?
03:24I'm laughing.
03:26Just don't laugh.
03:26Why are you laughing?
03:27Because I want my three kids in court.
03:30They were 7, 11, and 12.
03:31They're in the 30s now.
03:32Okay.
03:33But she had put a restraining order on me.
03:36Oh.
03:36The traveler explains that his ex-wife took a restraining order out against him over 20 years ago.
03:43But even though he's admitted the likely reason he was stopped, Officer Reed is still required to do a full
03:49inspection of his luggage.
03:52But are these all your only bags, though?
03:55Yeah.
03:55Is it all you're traveling with?
03:56Yeah.
03:56All right, we're just going to look real quick, so if you could just follow me.
03:58Sure.
04:00Yeah.
04:00This is the first time they stopped.
04:02It's the first time.
04:03Yeah.
04:04Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
04:05I don't know.
04:08All right.
04:10So you can just put your bags up here?
04:11Is there anything in your pockets as well?
04:13Yes.
04:14All righty.
04:14Could you take everything that's in your pockets and put it on the table as well?
04:19Wait till I tell my children.
04:20You remember when I won your three in court?
04:23Yeah.
04:23Your mother put a restraining order on you.
04:25That's why the immigration stopped.
04:27Yeah?
04:28Yeah.
04:29How long were you gone for?
04:31I went Sunday to today.
04:36Sunday to today?
04:37Yeah.
04:37What'd you go there for?
04:39To visit my girlfriend.
04:41All right.
04:41Before he opens the bag, I'm going to ask you a series of questions, okay?
04:45Sure, sure.
04:45Are these your bags?
04:46Yes.
04:46Are these all your bags?
04:47Yes.
04:48Is everything in these bags yours?
04:49Yes.
04:50Are you bringing anything for anybody else in these bags?
04:54What are you bringing?
04:56Um, medicine for my girlfriend's mother because she suffered from headache.
05:02Some IV bag.
05:04Okay.
05:04Why do you have the IV bag?
05:06I don't know.
05:08Importing medication is strictly regulated.
05:11It is possible that the man could have divulged information about his restraining order
05:17to hide a nefarious motive.
05:33At Honolulu's Air Freight Depot, a canine has identified a suspicious package being sent
05:41from the U.S. mainland to Australia.
05:43It looks like it's alert to only one parcel in this lineup.
05:48We're going to have our portable x-rays set up here.
05:51We'll x-ray each individual box.
05:53The one that a canine alert to, we're going to pay special attention to that one.
05:57And we're going to see what kind of things we can find in there.
06:05So this is the parcel the dog alerted on.
06:08I'm going to run it now to see if there's anything inside worth noting.
06:12Anything that looks like it doesn't belong there.
06:15Anything that looks like it might be concealed in something.
06:18Officer Brad immediately spots an anomaly inside the suspicious box.
06:24Seeing orange, it's the box full of bundles of things.
06:30But the contents listed on the manifest don't match the images on the x-ray.
06:36The description that's on this particular parcel says it's metal bowls.
06:41And from the x-ray, I don't see any type of metal in there.
06:45It's all organic matter.
06:47There's no shape of bowls or anything that I can see.
06:50Once we think it's a high probability of narcotics, we like to take it back to our office.
06:54It's a more secure facility.
07:03So now Officer Brad is going to open up this particular parcel.
07:06And we're going to see why the canine alerted.
07:09We're going to use gloves.
07:11We got the mask on and our eye protection on.
07:14And we have an officer over here on the side that's EMS qualified.
07:18They carry Narcan just in case we come across any type of fentanyl.
07:23This particular parcel said it was metal bowls inside.
07:27During the x-ray, we didn't see any type of metallic or metal inside of it.
07:32We only saw organic.
07:33So that doesn't make sense to us.
07:37Inside the box are numerous parcels tightly bound in multiple layers of bubble wrap.
07:43So normally it is a way that smugglers try to mask scent from a canine.
07:5114, 16, 18.
07:53All right.
07:54So we have 18 bones in this particular parcel.
07:57Officer Brad is now going to take his knife and cut into one of these bones real quick.
08:11Well, the main thing is we don't want to cut the inner bag that actually contains the narcotics.
08:17We want as little exposure as possible.
08:21So we need to be very careful and not be too aggressive with the cutting.
08:29The packages appear to contain white crystals, a typical sign of methamphetamine.
08:36I'm just going to test it right now.
08:39All right, we'll test.
08:42Their laser detector is able to identify up to 14,000 substances using a constantly revised database.
08:52So the Gemini works off this laser so it can go through anything that is clear through several layers.
09:05So the Gemini came back positive for methamphetamine.
09:08One down, 17 more to go, Brad.
09:24Officers Smith and Brad have intercepted an outbound package leaving the U.S. heading for Australia via Honolulu Airport.
09:33So the Gemini came back positive for methamphetamine.
09:3616, 18.
09:38And a search revealed 18 bundles full of white crystals.
09:43So now we need to remove the bubble wrap from all of these bundles and take it over to the
09:51scale and get it weighed.
09:52After that, we need to start the seizure process.
09:57Mexican cartels supply roughly 90% of crystal meth sold in the U.S.
10:03and have now overtaken Southeast Asian gangs as Australia's chief supplier.
10:11So meth is our top narcotic that we do see going outbound through Hawaii for the past, I would say,
10:18four to five years now.
10:20Coke's a close second.
10:22And the reason why they ship so much meth out is because the prices that they get in the other
10:28countries is much higher than what they can get here in the U.S.
10:32So they take their chances shipping it out of this country.
10:38With one of the highest rates of crystal meth addiction in the world, and prices more than double that on
10:44the U.S. market, Australia is highly lucrative for the cartels.
10:49Now we're going to take them over to our scale. We're going to weigh the entirety of this load.
10:54Is that everything?
10:55Yep.
11:02That looks pretty impressive.
11:03We have a total of 19.3 kilos for this 18-bundle package that we caught.
11:10That's a street value of $1.9 million that we just took off the street that was going to an
11:18oceanic country.
11:21Officers will hand this meth seizure to Homeland Security Investigations to be used as evidence in any ongoing operations.
11:30I'm excited about not only getting this off the street, but helping out our fellow ally country that this was
11:38going to.
11:39And I hope that we get a conviction out of this particular parcel.
11:44My team does this type of work day in, day out.
11:48This is the third one that we caught this week.
11:50Very proud of my team to do an excellent job here in Hawaii.
11:54Hopefully we can keep on for the rest of the week and catch a few more.
12:11What are you bringing?
12:13Medicine for my girlfriend's mother because she suffered from headache from some IV bag.
12:21At Newark, a traveler referred for questioning due to a restraining order against him.
12:27It's informed officers that he's carrying medication purchased in the Dominican Republic for someone else.
12:38Is there anything in these bags that are sharp that could stick, poke or hurt us when we open these
12:42bags?
12:46Since it's not subject to FDA regulation, foreign medication is strictly regulated in the US.
12:55What did you say this is for?
12:57Cholesterol.
12:57Okay, okay, okay.
12:58Those are cholesterol pills, okay.
12:59Look it up. Google it.
13:01Google it.
13:02And those are from here or those are from the DR?
13:04This is from here.
13:05This is because I don't use toilet paper.
13:08No worries.
13:09Okay.
13:10Hey man, you got to do what you got to do.
13:13So you said you were traveling with medication for cholesterol?
13:16No.
13:18So what is this?
13:18That's the one they gave me to get to her mother for headaches.
13:22All of this is just for headaches?
13:23Headaches.
13:24Okay.
13:24I guess they don't like the medicine in the United States.
13:28Why do you think that's the case?
13:29I don't know.
13:30I'm from the United States.
13:31I don't know anything.
13:33Is this the IV you mentioned?
13:35Yeah.
13:36They gave me that to give to her mother.
13:40This is in fact saline solution and nothing else.
13:43It is not a problem.
13:44He's more than welcome to bring it.
13:45The vitamin C, that's more than welcome as well.
13:48There's no issue with him bringing it in.
13:50There's nothing that's prohibited that's in here that we cannot bring into the United States.
13:56There isn't a single prescription drug in the man's luggage.
14:00Only a long list of his girlfriend's mother's favorite over-the-counter pills and supplements from home.
14:05So, out of curiosity, why were you so willing to just give this up?
14:09Oh, go ahead and take it.
14:09Because I got a ticket to her mother.
14:11You don't want her to have it?
14:12No.
14:12You can't have anybody.
14:13You want to take a trip to her mother.
14:14I was like 20 minutes away from my house.
14:17It's like whenever I go to Puerto Rico, everybody says, look, take this.
14:19Take this to my Texas pork roll.
14:21I'm like, come here.
14:23Okay.
14:24I hear you.
14:25I hear you.
14:26I hear you.
14:26The man is free to go.
14:28As far as this luggage goes, you can go ahead and repackage it how you see fit.
14:33And despite his efforts to pawn the supplies off on the officers, he hasn't avoided a visit to his girlfriend's
14:40mother.
14:41I met a girl while I was in Puerto Rico.
14:43She's from Ecuador.
14:44So, she cannot travel to Puerto Rico or United States.
14:48You need a visa.
14:50So, I had to go to Dominican Republic, to Punta Cana, and meet her there.
14:57And because the first time I traveled international, and I had a restraining order put on me by my children's
15:03mother 20 years ago, and I want them in court.
15:05I don't do drugs.
15:06I never did drugs.
15:07I don't even smoke marijuana.
15:09Never.
15:10So, I don't care.
15:22New York's JFK Airport sees arrivals from 180 countries around the world.
15:28Are you bringing back anything today to declare?
15:31Any food products?
15:32Every day, trained agricultural specialists here screen luggage arriving on inbound flights from all continents.
15:40What's inside of these?
15:43It's their job to ensure nothing that could spread disease makes it into the country.
15:49What do you bring in today?
15:50Clothes.
15:51Clothes?
15:52That's it?
15:52Yeah.
15:55Okay.
15:56Hey, how are you today?
15:58Officer Barona is carrying out routine checks on disembarked passengers.
16:05Good.
16:06Where are you coming from?
16:06Acura.
16:07Acura?
16:08Can I see a passport, please?
16:10Okay.
16:11How long were you in Acura for?
16:13Six months.
16:14Six months?
16:15Your father passed away.
16:16Your father passed away.
16:17Okay.
16:18Why are you bringing so many bags?
16:20My family over there, nobody had to give me something to bring.
16:23To bring?
16:25Okay.
16:26You're going to come with me this way, all right?
16:28This traveler is a U.S. citizen fresh off a 13-hour direct flight from Ghana in West
16:34Africa.
16:35So I stopped them because usually people that come from Acura, they bring a lot of prohibited
16:41foods and other things.
16:43Just traveling alone, it's not a big deal to travel with four bags, but usually this flight,
16:49when they have all those bags, they usually have stuff that they're not supposed to.
16:53Okay.
16:54So you spend half the year in Ghana, half the year here in the U.S.?
16:59I'm tired.
17:00You're tired.
17:01What did you do before?
17:03I went to the hospital.
17:05The hospital?
17:06Here in New York?
17:07Yeah.
17:08Gotcha.
17:09All right.
17:10Can I please get this first bag?
17:13Are you bringing something for somebody else?
17:15Yeah, it's my family.
17:17Your family.
17:17And what is that?
17:19Yeah, that's a dry fish.
17:20Just dry fish?
17:21That's it?
17:22Okay.
17:27This is your personal bag?
17:30Medication?
17:30Medication.
17:31Medication.
17:32Okay.
17:33Okay.
17:34The first suitcase is clear.
17:36All right.
17:38All right.
17:39Let me adjust to the side.
17:43This bag over here.
17:46This bag is heavy, man.
17:50What's this?
17:53Stew.
17:57Dry fish.
18:00What's this?
18:02Dry fish.
18:03This is for soup?
18:05The man has over two pounds of dried catfish, tilapia, and mackerel.
18:10For a traditional Ghanaian dish known as pepper soup.
18:16And this?
18:17Peanuts.
18:17Peanuts?
18:19As long as it's not for commercial use, dried fish is not on the restricted list.
18:24But Officer Barona suspects he might find something that is.
18:30And this?
18:31You know what this is?
18:32That's beef.
18:32It's beef.
18:34Strictly prohibited, beef can carry highly contagious diseases, which could threaten U.S.
18:40livestock and impact farming and food supply.
18:43I'm going to call agriculture so we can search this together.
18:47It's raw, right?
18:49And this parcel's been sitting unrefrigerated for over 13 hours, creating the perfect environment
18:55for the growth of dangerous bacteria.
19:14What's this?
19:16Stew.
19:17Stew?
19:19What's this?
19:20That's a dry fish.
19:22At JFK, a man has brought several suitcases full of traditional Ghanaian food back to the
19:29U.S. for his family.
19:31And this?
19:31You know what this is?
19:33That's beef.
19:33It's beef.
19:34It's raw, right?
19:36I'm going to call agriculture so we can search this together.
19:40He's been found with raw beef in a suitcase, which is strictly prohibited.
19:46And this?
19:47This is yams.
19:48Yams?
19:51The yams we sell here are no good?
19:53Those are special ones.
19:56Do you have a store here, sir?
19:57Who's this for?
19:58Oh, that's mine.
20:00It's yours?
20:00Yeah.
20:05I don't know what this is right here.
20:07Ghana?
20:07Yeah.
20:08That's good.
20:09With a pile of questionable foods mounting up, Agricultural Specialist Ahmed arrives to
20:15assist.
20:16They called me over here for the passenger from Ghana, and he brought some food, and some
20:21food is prohibited from Ghana.
20:24The officer found some beef meat.
20:26Beef is not allowed.
20:28Beef is contraband.
20:29Also, this is yam.
20:31Yam also not allowed from Ghana.
20:33Because of the potential for disease or pests, most raw fruits and vegetables are banned from
20:39entering the U.S., including yams.
20:44But this one, I'm going to check this one.
20:47Excuse me.
20:48Would you come over here, please?
20:50What is the inside?
20:51Do you know?
20:52Corn.
20:53Inside only corn?
20:54No meat here, right?
20:55No meat.
20:55Oh, this is no meat here.
20:57This is only corn.
20:58Corn is okay.
20:59And especially cooked corn is 100% okay.
21:02That's why I'm going to back to him.
21:05And this is fish.
21:08This is good.
21:10Beef meat is not allowed for foot and mouth disease.
21:14Ghana is under that FMD.
21:16That's why beef meat is not allowed.
21:18Foot and mouth disease is one of the biggest known threats to cattle.
21:22If it's spread across the U.S., it could cost billions of dollars in lost revenue.
21:29And Ghana experiences regular outbreaks.
21:34Excuse me, sir.
21:36This meat and this yam is not allowed.
21:38This prohibited item from Ghana, that's why I'm going to take this one.
21:40Okay?
21:41Thank you very much.
21:43Next time, don't bring this one.
21:45Meat and any fresh plants and vegetables.
21:52These are our contraband container.
21:54We're going to throw this one.
21:55The travelers' beef and yams will be incinerated.
21:59Okay.
22:00Sorry.
22:01No, I'm good.
22:01Thanks, man.
22:02Appreciate it.
22:04No, no, no.
22:05Thank you very much.
22:06But he's allowed to keep most of his food and is spared a fine.
22:11Next time, if Don declared, he'll get the $300 penalty for this one.
22:16The agriculture officer let him off with a warning because it was his first time.
22:21And hopefully he wouldn't do it again.
22:40Fake passports are often used by serious criminals to attempt to illegally enter the U.S.
22:49The purpose for your visit today?
22:51Pleasure.
22:53CBP officers are trained to spot the smallest detail that may indicate a forgery.
23:01In Detroit, two British women have been referred to Officer Pechorek for questioning,
23:06after another officer spotted an inconsistency with one of the travelers' passport photos.
23:13The woman I have back here is mid-50s and her passport photo is a photo of someone that is
23:18in their 20s or 30s.
23:19So this photo does not match this person at all.
23:23Officer Pechorek begins with a woman suspected of doctoring her travel documents by asking some general background questions.
23:31So can you come on in?
23:35So what's your job?
23:36I'm a graphic designer, but I'm on benefits as well.
23:40So when did you last get paid for a graphic design job?
23:42A week ago.
23:44Can you show me a bank account deposit?
23:46Um, no, they just, like, pay me, um, PayPal or something.
23:51They paid you by PayPal?
23:52I don't know, can't remember.
23:53You don't remember from a week ago?
23:58Okay, so you see the issue here, right?
24:02Yeah.
24:03The woman's vague answers about work aren't helping her credibility.
24:0895% of the people we get paid will misrepresent themselves and lie,
24:11because they know when they tell us the information,
24:14it's gonna get them into some form of trouble.
24:17And it's also odd that your face and your passport is not even remotely close to your face.
24:23I thought it was kind of slightly filtered.
24:26I'm sorry?
24:26I thought it was slightly filtered.
24:29How did you filter it?
24:31Just put, like, you know, beauty skin on it.
24:34And your passport filter.
24:35Mm-hmm.
24:35I know you don't feel it.
24:36Yeah, you don't feel it.
24:37It's a good thing to do.
24:38I don't know, I realize now.
24:39And that's why you're here.
24:40Mm-hmm.
24:41That's why I'm here, because you're here.
24:44The lady used sort of glamour shot filters to soften her face.
24:48What she was thinking as far as altering it to make herself look more youthful is just bizarre.
24:54Despite the filtered photo, a check reveals the woman's passport is valid.
24:59But her nervous demeanor makes Officer Bajorek suspect that she has something to hide.
25:06Do you have any friends here?
25:08No.
25:09What are you gonna do while you're here?
25:12Just tourism and stuff.
25:14So what are you gonna see, tourism-wise, that's in Michigan or Ohio?
25:18I'm gonna go to Jackson.
25:21I'm gonna go to the Rome Detroit.
25:23Just go home.
25:25So tourism.
25:26So name a place.
25:27Name a tourist attraction that you're gonna visit in Jackson.
25:31I'm gonna go to Texas Roadhouse.
25:33Texas Roadhouse?
25:34Yeah, I'm gonna go there.
25:36You don't go to a foreign country for a Texas Roadhouse?
25:40Michigan's a great state, but it's not huge for tourism.
25:43Unless you're coming for something very specific.
25:45We will refuse admission to both of them if there's major misrepresentations going on.
25:51Officer Bajorek suspects that the women have not been honest about the true purpose of their visit on their ESTA
25:57applications,
25:58which is illegal.
25:59We have multiple issues going on here and we have to get through every single one of them before I
26:04let either of you into the U.S. today.
26:06God.
26:08If his hunch is correct, he could refuse them entry and any future visa applications could be denied.
26:27Your face and your passport is not even remotely close to your face.
26:32But my photo is kind of slightly filtered.
26:37How did you filter it?
26:38Just put, like, you know, beauty skin on it.
26:41In Detroit, two British women are trying to gain entry to the U.S.
26:47One has admitted to enhancing her passport photo.
26:51What are you gonna do while you're here?
26:53I'm going to Texas Roadhouse.
26:55Texas Roadhouse?
26:56Yeah, I'm gonna go there.
26:59And Officer Bajorek suspects they have lied about the true purpose of their trip to Michigan on their ESTA application.
27:08We have multiple issues going on here and we have to get through every single one of them before I
27:12let either of you into the U.S. today.
27:14But he's having trouble figuring out exactly what they're trying to hide.
27:19Most referrals that we get, I assume someone's coming to live here or coming to work here.
27:23They don't necessarily fit either of those descriptions.
27:26So that narrows it down to a bunch of really weird things we don't get a lot.
27:31Okay, so ladies, I'm gonna be blunt with you.
27:34I'm not trying to alarm you or make you nervous.
27:37This is not going well for you.
27:40Okay, so basically what I'm gonna ask you now is names and phone numbers of everyone you plan to visit
27:45and or stay with on this trip.
27:48Before long, one of the women admits she's really here to visit her ex-boyfriend in prison.
27:57So he's a prisoner?
27:58He is.
27:59Okay.
28:02And how long did the two of you date?
28:03Just like one year.
28:06Even though visiting prisoners is not a crime, it's a red flag.
28:10Finally, Officer Bajorek is getting close to the truth behind their visit.
28:43Have a good one, ma'am.
28:46I just want to say I love your outfit.
28:51Killing it.
28:52Before this, I was a salesman here in the Bay Area.
28:56I would say the difference in this job is the stakes.
28:59How's it going, sir?
29:01Can I talk to you for a second?
29:03I think there's a lot more on the line as far as, you know, human interaction and what you're looking
29:09for.
29:09Are you traveling with anything today?
29:11Souvenirs, gifts?
29:13No alcohol, no tobacco?
29:15All right.
29:16Can you just come over here with me real quick?
29:17I think as long as you put your hard work into it and really do a diligent job of checking
29:23and making sure everything is squared away, you go home with no regrets.
29:29Today, Officer Glover is on duty in customs, where all U.S. citizens returning from abroad must declare any overseas
29:38purchases over $800.
29:41Cigarettes?
29:41Yeah.
29:42And pay the required duty.
29:45See what's going on over here.
29:47A coin collector coming through customs has declared some rare purchases made in Germany.
29:54In order to determine the value of these unique items, Officer Glover wants to dig deeper.
30:00All right, so tell me about your coins, sir.
30:02Okay.
30:03These are the ancient coins of the Greek and Roman Empire.
30:07It's talking about 2500 B.C. and after.
30:11Okay.
30:11So I was simply in the auction in Germany.
30:13I was there for the last three days.
30:15I bought some nice coins, which I'm very pleased to hear.
30:17Okay.
30:18And do you collect different type of coins?
30:20Do you mind showing?
30:21Please, yeah.
30:22We have a passenger coming in from Germany.
30:25He is a coin collector.
30:26So he's coming from an auction where they buy coins, vintage coins.
30:31You'll never know what you're going to see at this airport.
30:34And just the vast variety of different things you're going to see.
30:38So you collect them and then you trade them or?
30:42I go to the shows and I sent them afterwards.
30:46I want to know more about, you know, the price of the coins.
30:50Because that also affects, you know, the kind of duty we would charge in this certain situation.
30:55So all those facts are really important when encountering a new situation.
31:00That's actually an interesting coin.
31:02This is one of the coins of Shekel of Tyre, they call it.
31:06This is a well-known coin.
31:08They paid 30 of these in order to kill Christ.
31:13So this is a very well-known coin for that reason.
31:17Mentioned in the New Testament, the Shekel of Tyre is prized among coin collectors.
31:23Scholars believe that this was the type of currency Judas was paid to betray Christ.
31:29So that was the coin he used to...
31:32In Christ's time.
31:33Oh, wow. That's super dated.
31:35I wasn't expecting to see a vintage coin from Jesus' time.
31:38So that's one of the things I love about this job.
31:41Keeps it fresh, keeps it new, and you get to learn a lot about world history.
31:45So it's kind of fascinating to see things that are that old still, you know, living among us today.
31:50That coin is a very nice quality. It's worth about $5,000.
31:56And that's a common but interesting kind of Alexander the Great.
31:59Okay.
32:03A once-in-a-career situation for Officer Glover.
32:06He now needs to figure out whether the man must pay import tax on his purchases abroad.
32:11And if so, how much?
32:24These are the ancient coins of the Greek and Roman Empire.
32:29In San Francisco, a man has declared thousands of dollars worth of antique coins purchased at an auction.
32:39This is actually my first time seeing vintage coins.
32:42And what's interesting about it is the dates of these coins.
32:45Some of these coins are from, you know, dates that you only see in history books.
32:50So it's fascinating to see actual currency that was from, you know, a time where we weren't even thought of.
32:58That coin is a very nice quality. It's worth about $5,000.
33:03And that's a common but interesting coin of Alexander the Great.
33:06Okay.
33:07King of Macedonia.
33:09He went and captured all the ancient world back then.
33:12First thing I want to do is make sure if we're going to charge duty, we charge the appropriate amount.
33:18Having had a crash course in classical civilization, Officer Glover has to determine if the collector needs to pay any
33:26import duty.
33:29So how do you acquire these coins? So what's your process?
33:33It's a major auction and all the other auctions that are happening in Europe.
33:37And it's important to know the price of the coins because that, you know, affects the duty and how much
33:42we have to charge if we have to charge anything at all.
33:45That is really nice.
33:47And what process does it go through to verify that the coins are actually authentic?
33:52These people are all running the auction house that have been doing this for over 50 years.
33:56Okay, so they are accredited. Okay.
33:58They have the knowledge, they have the library, they have the books and everything.
34:02These are the great gold.
34:04Okay.
34:04I tried to buy them, but they weren't expensive. I couldn't get them. Too much competition.
34:08How much do these usually run for?
34:10I mean, in that condition, probably about $5,000 or more.
34:15That's not expensive.
34:16Yeah, and that...
34:18Especially if they're nice like this.
34:22Since it's his first time ever encountering goods this old and unusual, Officer Glover consults his superiors
34:30and determines that passengers aren't required to pay duty on any items that are over 100 years old.
34:38Okay.
34:39Okay. And do you collect different type of coins or...
34:42And how long have you been in this business?
34:43Over 40 years.
34:4540 years.
34:46I was a collector from the beginning of the year.
34:49Your own company or do you work with a different company?
34:54That's why I see the power suit, man.
34:58Have a good one.
34:59The collector clears customs and heads home.
35:02This guy seems passionate about his job, and with people like that, you tend to learn a lot.
35:08In conclusion, we let the passenger go. No duty was owed this time.
35:12And what makes this case so unique is it's my first time actually seeing ancient coins,
35:18so I got to learn something new today.
35:34So ladies, I'm going to be blunt with you. I'm not trying to alarm you or make you nervous.
35:40This is not going well for you.
35:43You're not going to be blunt.
35:44In Detroit, two women have been withholding the truth about their U.S. visit, but one has finally admitted she's
35:51visiting her ex-boyfriend, who happens to be an inmate.
35:56Prison?
35:57So he's a prisoner?
35:58He is.
35:59Okay.
36:00And how long did the two of you date?
36:01Just over a year.
36:03While it's not illegal to have a transatlantic relationship with a prisoner, the fact that the women have not disclosed
36:10this information on their ESTA application is a violation.
36:16In order to decide whether he'll allow the women into the country, Officer Bajorek needs to get their full story.
36:25If you say one thing to me that's not true, I'm going to assume everything after that is also untrue.
36:30So we're at a roadblock right now.
36:32So now it's up to you ladies to prove every single aspect of this trip and do not leave out
36:38a single detail.
36:38I'm going to see a prisoner as well.
36:40So you're both coming to see...
36:42We just thought it sounded really bad.
36:45So the real purpose of your trip is you're both coming to see your boyfriends in prison.
36:49I'm going to see a friend in prison, not a boyfriend, I'm going to see a friend.
36:54In prison?
36:55Yes.
36:56Mine's definitely romantic.
36:58Okay, so keep in mind what I said.
37:00The truth, for now on.
37:02Nothing but the truth.
37:04We just thought it sounded really bad.
37:05Yeah, because it does.
37:07This is getting worse and worse, ladies, because they're behind bars.
37:11So when are you meeting?
37:14Are these conjugal visits?
37:15No, no.
37:17You just go in there, sit in the room.
37:19There's loads of other people in the room.
37:20Guards are in the room.
37:22You just sit there, chat, you can hold hands.
37:23I've never been.
37:24So what's the motivation?
37:25Help me understand.
37:26Just someone that I like talking to, and I want you to come over and see him.
37:30Pretty much the minute I hear someone's going to see a boyfriend in prison, it's not looking really good.
37:37Prison inmates frequently use contraband cell phones to create fake profiles on social media sites and dating apps.
37:45Have you ever met in person?
37:48No.
37:50I mean, I've got pictures on my phone, but they're all AI.
37:52May I see what you have?
37:54Yes.
37:55Does look anything like that photo?
37:59Not as good looking.
38:02Praying on vulnerable women, they build trust and then defraud them.
38:07So this one's really important.
38:08Has ever requested money from you?
38:11Yes, he has.
38:12Yes, he has.
38:15So in total, how much money did you send?
38:18500 a third.
38:21As the woman's story unfolds, Officer Bajorek becomes convinced she's the victim of a romance scam.
38:30I don't mean this to come across as harsh at all.
38:33Have you ever, is it ever considered to you that you might be being taken advantage of by these people?
38:38Yeah, yeah.
38:40Then, the woman reveals something new and seals her own fate.
38:45He's going to get us a little place of his own in Grand Rapids.
38:48He's going to be paroled there.
38:50He claims to her that he is getting out soon and that she would eventually like to come and live
38:55in the United States.
38:57So that right there, she will go back because she has the intent to live in the United States.
39:01Not allowed on Aston.
39:03An intent to immigrate means the woman is not eligible for the visa waiver program.
39:09You do have to think about the mindset of someone who would travel across an ocean to a foreign country
39:15to visit a boyfriend who you've never met live because they're in jail.
39:20Just not common.
39:22In catching their lie, Officer Bajorek may have saved both women from future heartbreak and financial ruin.
39:31So you have been found inadmissible to the United States today per section 212A-7AI of the INE as amended.
39:39So at this time, you're being refused entry to the United States.
39:43You'll be returned foreign on the next available flight.
39:45Please, I haven't got any more time to get back.
39:48Well, we're going to use your tickets that you already have.
39:50I just can't believe it.
39:51I know, I understand.
39:53But once you misrepresent yourself to a federal officer, the assumption is that we cannot verify with certainty anything else
40:01you're saying after that.
40:02Yeah.
40:02If you had come in and just been forthright with us from the beginning and told us the truth, it
40:07may have altered this decision.
40:08How am I going to get back from London?
40:10I've got limited money.
40:11I assure you, we'll get you back home safe and sound.
40:14And if you need anything while you're back here, just let me know, okay?
40:17I can't believe it's a black man.
40:19I was looking so forward to seeing him.
40:23Unfortunately, they learned the hard way.
40:25You really have to be honest and forthright with officers.
40:29In the end, my heart does go out to these ladies.
40:31It's understandable how lonely people can be tricked into false relationships or made-up relationships.
40:38They're harmless, a little confused, but they're nice ladies, so I don't like to see this happen to anybody.
40:42But in the end, we still can't allow situations like this to occur in the U.S.
40:49Hopefully, they learn their lesson.
41:03Thanks for watching.
41:06Thanks for watching.
41:10Thanks for watching the help from this episode.
41:12See you next time!
41:12Bye.
41:18Thanks for watching.
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