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00:16Honolulu Airport is a major transportation hub for air freight from the US 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 US mainland to Sydney, Australia.
01:09We 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,
01:44because we are in the middle of nowhere in the Pacific.
01:49Before long, the dog singles out a large box, a strong indication that it's loaded.
01:56We're going to look particularly in the one that he alerted to,
02:00and we're going to see what kind of things we can find in there.
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,
02:42serving up to 48 million passengers every 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,
02:58with 25 flights touching down daily.
03:01Where are you coming from?
03:02Dubrovnik.
03:03Dubrovnik?
03:04Today, a passenger just off a plane from the Dominican Republic
03:08has been referred for questioning by officers and passport control.
03:18Okay.
03:21He spoke to me in Spanish first.
03:23You know why they stop me?
03:24I'm laughing.
03:26Just don't laugh.
03:27Why 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.
03:33But she had put a restraining order on me.
03:36The traveler explains that his ex-wife
03:39took a restraining order out against him over 20 years ago.
03:43But even though he's admitted the likely reason he was stopped,
03:47Officer Reed is still required to do a full inspection of his luggage.
03:52But are these all your only bags, though?
03:55Yeah.
03:55These all you're traveling with?
03:56Yeah.
03:56All right, we're just going to look real quick.
03:57So if you could just follow me.
03:58Sure.
04:00Yeah.
04:01This is the first time they stopped.
04:02It's the first time?
04:03Yeah, first.
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
04:16and 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 me.
04:25That's why the immigration stopped.
04:27Yeah?
04:28Yeah.
04:28How 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?
04:57Medicine 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 to hide a nefarious motive.
05:33At Honolulu's Air Freight Depot, a canine has identified a suspicious package being sent from the U.S. mainland to
05:42Australia.
05:43It looks like it's alert to only one parcel in this lineup.
05:49We're going to have our portable x-ray 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.
06:16Anything that looks like it might be concealed in something.
06:19Officer 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 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 our cogs, we'd 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.
07:07And 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 it organic.
07:34So 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.
07:54Alright.
07:54So we have 18 bones in this particular parcel.
07:58Officer 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.
08:39Alright, we'll test it.
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, bruh.
09:10One down, 17 more to go, bruh.
09:12One down, 17 more to go, bruh.
09:21One down, 17 more to go, bruh.
09:23One down, 17 more to go, bruh.
09:24Officers Smith and Brad have intercepted an outbound package leaving the U.S.
09:29heading for Australia via Honolulu Airport.
09:33So the Gemini came back positive for methamphetamine.
09:3616, 18.
09:37And a search revealed 18 bundles full of white crystals.
09:43So now we need to remove the bubble wrap
09:47from all of these bundles
09:49and take it over to the scale and get it weighed.
09:52After that, we need to start the seizure process.
09:57Mexican cartels supply roughly 90%
10:00of crystal meth sold in the U.S.
10:03and have now overtaken Southeast Asian gangs
10:06as Australia's chief supplier.
10:12So meth is our top narcotic
10:14that we do see going outbound through Hawaii
10:16for the past, I would say, four to five years now.
10:20Coke's a close second.
10:22And the reason why they ship so much meth out
10:25is because the prices that they get in the other countries
10:29is 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
10:41and prices more than double that on the U.S. market,
10:46Australia is highly lucrative for the cartels.
10:50Now we're going to take them over to our scale.
10:51We're going to weigh the entirety of this load.
10:54Is that everything?
10:55Yep.
11:02That looks pretty impressive.
11:04We have a total of 19.3 kilos
11:07for this 18-bundle package that we caught.
11:10That's a street value of $1.9 million
11:14that we just took off the street
11:16that was going to an oceanic country.
11:21Officers will hand this meth seizure
11:23to Homeland Security Investigations
11:25to be used as evidence in any ongoing operations.
11:30I'm excited about not only getting this off the street
11:34but helping out our fellow ally country
11:38that this was going to,
11:39and I hope that we get a conviction
11:41out 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
11:51to do an excellent job here in Hawaii.
11:54Hopefully we can keep on
11:55for the rest of the week and catch a few more.
12:11What are you bringing?
12:12Um, medicine for my girlfriend's mother
12:16because she suffered from headache,
12:19from some IV bag.
12:21At Newark, a traveler referred for questioning
12:25due to a restraining order against him
12:27as informed officers that he's carrying medication
12:30purchased in the Dominican Republic
12:32for someone else.
12:35Honestly, you can take it.
12:36I don't want to take it to a moment.
12:38Is there anything in these bags that are sharp
12:40that can stick, poke, or hurt us
12:42when we open these bags?
12:44No, not that I know of.
12:47Since it's not subject to FDA regulation,
12:50foreign medication is strictly regulated in the U.S.
12:55What did you say this is for?
12:57Cholesterol pills.
12:57Oh, okay, okay, okay.
12:58Those are cholesterol pills, okay.
12:59Look it up.
13:00Google it.
13:01Google it.
13:02And those are from here
13:02or those are from the DR?
13:04This is from here.
13:05This, because I don't use toilet paper.
13:07All right?
13:08No worries.
13:09Okay.
13:09We're men.
13:10Come on, man.
13:11Hey, man, you got to do what you got to do.
13:12All right.
13:14So you said you were traveling
13:15with medication for cholesterol?
13:16No.
13:18So what is this?
13:18That's the one they gave me
13:19to get to my mother for headaches.
13:22All of this is just for headaches?
13:23Headaches.
13:24Okay.
13:25I guess they don't like the medicine
13:26in 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 like it.
13:33Is this the IV you mentioned?
13:35Yeah.
13:36They gave me that to give to our mother.
13:40This is, in fact, saline solution
13:41and nothing else.
13:43It is not a problem.
13:44He's more than welcome to bring it.
13:45The vitamin C,
13:47that's more than welcome as well.
13:48There's no issue with him bringing it in.
13:50There's nothing that's prohibited
13:51that's in here
13:52that we cannot bring into the United States.
13:56There isn't a single prescription drug
13:58in the man's luggage.
14:00Only a long list
14:01of his girlfriend's mother's
14:02favorite over-the-counter pills
14:04and supplements from home.
14:06So, out of curiosity,
14:07why were you so willing
14:08to just give this up?
14:09Oh, go ahead and take it.
14:10Because I got to take it to her mother.
14:11You don't want her to have it?
14:12No, you can't have it.
14:13But you 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,
14:18everybody said,
14:19look, take this.
14:19Take this to my...
14:20Take some poker.
14:21I'm like, come on.
14:23Okay.
14:23I hear you.
14:25I hear you.
14:26The man is free to go.
14:28As far as this luggage goes,
14:30you can go ahead and repackage it
14:32how you see fit.
14:33And despite his efforts
14:34to pawn the supplies off on the officers,
14:37he hasn't avoided a visit
14:39to his girlfriend's mother.
14:41I met a girl
14:42while I was in Puerto Rico.
14:43She's from Ecuador.
14:44So she cannot travel
14:46to Puerto Rico or United States.
14:48You need a visa.
14:50So I had to go to Dominican Republic,
14:53to Punta Cana,
14:54and meet her there.
14:57And because the first time
14:59I traveled international,
15:00and I had a restraining order
15:01put on me by my children's mother
15:0320 years ago,
15:04and 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
15:24sees arrivals
15:25from 180 countries
15:27around the world.
15:28Are you bringing back
15:29anything today to declare?
15:31Any food products?
15:33Every day,
15:34trained agricultural specialists here
15:36screen luggage arriving
15:37on inbound flights
15:38from all continents.
15:40What's inside of these?
15:44It's their job
15:45to ensure nothing
15:46that could spread disease
15:47makes it into the country.
15:49What are you bringing today?
15:51Close.
15:52That's it?
15:55Okay.
15:56Hey, how are you today?
15:58Officer Barona
15:59is carrying out routine checks
16:01on 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?
16:13About six months.
16:14Six months?
16:15My father passed away.
16:16Your father passed away.
16:17Okay.
16:18Why are you bringing
16:19so many bags?
16:20My family,
16:21nobody had to give me
16:22something to bring.
16:23To bring?
16:25Okay.
16:26You're going to come
16:26with me this way,
16:27all right?
16:27All right?
16:28All right?
16:28This traveler
16:29is a U.S. citizen
16:30fresh off a 13-hour direct flight
16:32from Ghana in West Africa.
16:35So I stopped them
16:36because usually people
16:38that come from Acura,
16:39they bring a lot of prohibited foods
16:41and other things.
16:43Just traveling alone,
16:44it's not a big deal
16:46to travel with four bags,
16:48but usually this flight,
16:49when they have all those bags,
16:51they usually have stuff
16:52that they're not supposed to.
16:54So you spend half the year
16:57in Ghana,
16:58half the year here in the U.S.?
17:00You're tired.
17:01What did you do before?
17:04The 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
17:14for somebody else?
17:16Yeah, 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 just...
17:42to the side.
17:43This bag over here.
17:45Heavy.
17:46This bag is heavy, man.
17:50What's this?
17:52This is for soup.
17:53Stew?
17:56This is dry fish.
18:00What's this?
18:02Oh, not a dry fish.
18:03This is for soup?
18:05The man has over two pounds
18:07of dried catfish, tilapia,
18:09and mackerel
18:10for a traditional Ghanaian dish
18:13known as pepper soup.
18:15And this?
18:17Peanuts.
18:17Peanuts.
18:19As long as it's not
18:20for commercial use,
18:22dried fish is not
18:23on the restricted list.
18:25But Officer Barona
18:26suspects he might find
18:28something that is.
18:30And this?
18:31You know what this is?
18:32That's beef.
18:32That's beef.
18:34Strictly prohibited,
18:36beef can carry highly
18:37contagious diseases,
18:38which could threaten
18:39U.S. livestock
18:40and impact farming
18:42and food supply.
18:43I'm going to call agriculture
18:44so we can search this together.
18:47It's raw, right?
18:49And this parcel's
18:50been sitting unrefrigerated
18:51for over 13 hours,
18:53creating the perfect environment
18:55for the growth
18:56of dangerous bacteria.
19:14What's this?
19:16It's not a stew.
19:17Stew?
19:19What's this?
19:20It's going out to
19:20dried fish.
19:22At JFK,
19:24a man has brought
19:25several suitcases
19:26full of traditional
19:27Ghanaian food
19:28back to the U.S.
19:29for his family.
19:30And this?
19:32You know what this is?
19:33That's beef.
19:33This beef is raw, right?
19:36I'm going to call agriculture
19:37so we can search this together.
19:40He's been found
19:42with raw beef
19:43in his suitcase,
19:43which is strictly prohibited.
19:46And this?
19:47This is yummy.
19:48Yum?
19:51The yams we sell here
19:53are no good?
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
20:06what this is right here.
20:07Ghana?
20:07Yeah.
20:09With a pile
20:09of questionable foods
20:11mounting up,
20:13agricultural specialist
20:14Ahmed arrives to assist.
20:16They call me over here
20:17for the passenger
20:18from Ghana
20:18and he brought some food
20:20and some food
20:21is prohibited from Ghana.
20:24The officer found
20:25some beef meat.
20:26Beef is not allowed.
20:28This beef is contraband.
20:29Also, this is yam.
20:31Yam also not allowed
20:32from Ghana.
20:34Because of the potential
20:35for disease or pests,
20:36most raw fruits
20:38and vegetables
20:38are banned
20:39from entering the U.S.,
20:41including yams.
20:44But this one,
20:46I'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
21:01is 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
21:12for foot and mouth disease.
21:14Ghana is under that FMD.
21:16That's why beef meat is not allowed.
21:18Foot and mouth disease
21:19is one of the biggest
21:21known threats to cattle.
21:22If it's spread across the U.S.,
21:24it could cost billions of dollars
21:26in lost revenue.
21:29And Ghana experiences
21:31regular outbreaks.
21:34Excuse me, sir.
21:36This meat and this yam
21:37is not allowed.
21:38It's prohibited item from Ghana.
21:39That'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
21:48and vegetables.
21:52This is our contraband container.
21:53I'm going to throw this one.
21:55The traveler's beef and yams
21:57will be incinerated.
21:59Okay.
22:00Sorry.
22:01No, I'm good.
22:02Thanks, man.
22:02Appreciate it.
22:04No, no, no.
22:05Thank you very much.
22:06But he's allowed
22:07to keep most of his food
22:09and is spared a fine.
22:11Next time,
22:12if you don't declare,
22:13then he'll get the $300 penalty
22:14for this one.
22:16The agriculture officer
22:18let him off with a warning
22:19because it was his first time.
22:21And hopefully,
22:22he wouldn't do it again.
22:40Fake passports are often used
22:42by serious criminals
22:44to attempt to illegally enter the U.S.
22:49purpose for your visit today.
22:53CBP officers are trained
22:55to spot the smallest detail
22:56that may indicate a forgery.
22:59Welcome back.
22:59Thanks for your day.
23:01Come on.
23:01In Detroit,
23:02two British women
23:04have been referred
23:04to Officer Pechorek
23:06for questioning
23:07after another officer
23:08spotted an inconsistency
23:10with one of the traveler's
23:11passport photos.
23:13The woman I have back here
23:15is mid-50s,
23:15and her passport photo
23:17is a photo of someone
23:18that is in their 20s or 30s.
23:19So this photo
23:20does not match
23:21this person at all.
23:23Officer Pechorek
23:24begins with a woman
23:25suspected of doctoring
23:27her travel documents
23:28by asking some general
23:30background questions.
23:32So can you come up in?
23:35So what's your job?
23:36I'm a graphic designer,
23:38but I have more benefits as well.
23:40So when did you last get paid
23:41for a graphic design job?
23:42A week ago.
23:44Can you show me
23:44a bank account deposit?
23:46Um, no,
23:47they just, like,
23:48pay me, um,
23:50PayPal or something.
23:51They paid you by PayPal?
23:52I don't know.
23:53Can't remember.
23:53You don't remember
23:54from a week ago?
23:58Okay, so
24:00you see the issue here, right?
24:02Yeah.
24:03The woman's vague answers
24:04about work
24:05aren't helping
24:06her credibility.
24:0895% of the people
24:09we get today
24:10will misrepresent
24:10themselves and lie
24:11because they know
24:12when they tell us
24:13the information,
24:14it's going to get them
24:15into some form of trouble.
24:17And it's also odd
24:18that your face
24:19and your passport
24:20is not even remotely
24:21close to your face.
24:23I thought it was
24:23kind of slightly filtered.
24:26I'm sorry?
24:26I thought it was
24:27slightly filtered.
24:29How did you filter it?
24:31Just put, like,
24:32you know,
24:32beauty skin on it.
24:34And your passport photo.
24:35I know you don't put it.
24:36Yeah, you don't.
24:37It's a good thing to do.
24:38I don't know.
24:38I realize now.
24:39And that's why you're here.
24:41That's why I'm here.
24:42Because you're here.
24:44The lady used
24:45sort of glamour shot filters
24:46to soften her face.
24:48What she was thinking
24:49as far as altering it
24:50to make herself
24:51look more youthful
24:52is just bizarre.
24:54Despite the filtered photo,
24:56a check reveals
24:57the woman's passport
24:58is valid.
24:59But her nervous demeanor
25:01makes Officer Bajorek
25:03suspect that she
25:04has something to hide.
25:06Do you have any friends here?
25:08No.
25:09What are you going to do
25:09while you're here?
25:12Just tourism and stuff.
25:14So what are you going to see
25:15tourism-wise
25:17that's in Michigan
25:17or Ohio?
25:18I'm going to go
25:19to Jackson.
25:21I'm going to go
25:22to Rome, Detroit,
25:23to go home.
25:25So tourism,
25:26so name a place,
25:27name a tourist attraction
25:29that you're going to visit
25:29in Jackson.
25:31I'm going to Texas Roadhouse.
25:33Texas Roadhouse?
25:34Yeah, I'm going to go there.
25:36You don't go to a foreign country
25:38for a Texas Roadhouse.
25:40Michigan's a great state,
25:41but it's not huge for tourism,
25:43unless you're coming
25:44for something very specific.
25:45We will refuse admission
25:47to both of them
25:47if there's major
25:49misrepresentations going on.
25:51Officer Bajorek
25:52suspects that the women
25:53have not been honest
25:54about the true purpose
25:55of their visit
25:56on their ESTA applications,
25:58which is illegal.
26:00We have multiple issues
26:01going on here,
26:02and we have to get through
26:02every single one of them
26:03before I let either
26:04review into the U.S. today.
26:06God.
26:08If his hunch is correct,
26:10he could refuse them entry,
26:12and any future visa applications
26:14could be denied.
26:27Your face and your passport
26:29is not even remotely close
26:30to your face.
26:32My face is kind of
26:34slightly filtered.
26:37How did you filter it?
26:38Just put, like,
26:39you know, beauty skin on it.
26:41In Detroit,
26:43two British women
26:44are trying to gain entry
26:45to the U.S.
26:47One has admitted
26:48to enhancing
26:49her passport photo.
26:51What are you going to do
26:52while you're here?
26:53I'm going to Texas Roadhouse.
26:55Texas Roadhouse?
26:56Yeah, I'm going to go there.
26:59And Officer Bajorek
27:00suspects they have lied
27:02about the true purpose
27:03of their trip to Michigan
27:04on their ESTA application.
27:08We have multiple issues
27:09going on here,
27:10and we have to get through
27:10every single one of them
27:11before I let either
27:12review into the U.S. today.
27:14But he's having trouble
27:15figuring out
27:16exactly what they're
27:17trying to hide.
27:19Most referrals that we get,
27:21I assume someone's
27:22coming to live here
27:22or coming to work here.
27:23They don't necessarily
27:25fit either of those
27:26descriptions,
27:26so that narrows it down
27:27to a bunch of really
27:28weird things
27:28we don't get a lot.
27:31Okay, so ladies,
27:32I'm going to be blunt
27:33with you.
27:34I'm not trying to alarm you
27:35or make you nervous.
27:37This is not going well
27:39for you.
27:40Okay, so basically
27:41what I'm going to ask you
27:42now is names and phone
27:43numbers of everyone
27:44you plan to visit
27:45and or stay with
27:46on this trip.
27:48Before long,
27:49one of the women admits
27:51she's really here
27:52to visit her ex-boyfriend
27:53in prison.
27:57So he's a prisoner?
27:59He is.
27:59Okay.
28:02And how long did
28:03the two of you date?
28:03Just like one year.
28:06Even though visiting
28:07prisoners is not a crime,
28:08it's a red flag.
28:10Finally,
28:12Officer Bajorek
28:13is getting close
28:13to the truth
28:14behind their visit.
28:43Have a good one, ma'am.
28:46I just want to say
28:48I love your outfit.
28:51Killing it.
28:52Before this,
28:52I was a salesman
28:54here in the Bay Area.
28:56I would say
28:56the difference
28:57in this job
28:58is the stakes.
28:59How's it going, sir?
29:01Can I talk to you
29:02for a second?
29:03I think there's
29:04a lot more on the line
29:05as far as, you know,
29:07human interaction
29:08and what you're looking for.
29:09Are you traveling
29:10with anything today?
29:11Souvenirs, gifts?
29:13No alcohol, no tobacco?
29:15All right.
29:16Can you just come over here
29:16with me real quick?
29:17I think as long as you put
29:19your hard work into it
29:21and really do a diligent job
29:23of checking
29:23and making sure
29:24everything is squared away,
29:27you go home
29:28with no regrets.
29:29Today,
29:31Officer Glover
29:32is on duty
29:32in customs
29:33where all U.S. citizens
29:35returning from abroad
29:36must declare
29:37any overseas purchases
29:38over $800
29:41and pay the required duty.
29:45See what's going on
29:46over here.
29:47A coin collector
29:48coming through customs
29:49has declared
29:50some rare purchases
29:52made in Germany.
29:54In order to determine
29:55the value
29:56of these unique items,
29:57Officer Glover
29:59wants to dig deeper.
30:01All right,
30:01so tell me about
30:02your coins, sir.
30:03Okay,
30:03these are the ancient coins
30:04of the Greek
30:06and Roman Empire.
30:07It's talking about
30:082500 B.C.
30:10and after.
30:11Okay.
30:11So I was simply
30:12in the auction
30:13in Germany.
30:13I was there
30:14for the last three days
30:15and I bought some nice coins
30:16which I'm very pleased to hear.
30:18Okay,
30:18and do you collect
30:19different type of coins?
30:20Do you mind showing?
30:21Please, yeah.
30:22We have a passenger
30:23coming in from Germany.
30:25He is a coin collector,
30:26so he's coming from an auction
30:28where they buy coins,
30:30vintage coins.
30:31You'll never know
30:32what you're going to see
30:33at this airport
30:34and just the vast variety
30:36of different things
30:37you're going to see.
30:38So you collect them
30:40and then you trade them
30:41or?
30:42I go to the shows
30:43and I send them afterwards.
30:46Now I want to know
30:48more about, you know,
30:49the price of the coins
30:50because that also affects,
30:51you know,
30:52the kind of duty
30:52we would charge
30:53in this certain situation.
30:55So all those facts
30:56are really important
30:57when encountering
30:58a new situation.
31:00That's actually
31:01an interesting coin.
31:02This is one of the coins
31:03of Shekel of Tyre,
31:04they call it.
31:06This is a well-known coin.
31:08They paid 30 of these
31:09in order to kill Christ.
31:13So this is a very well-known coin
31:14for that reason
31:15a lot of people collecting.
31:17Mentioned in the New Testament,
31:19the Shekel of Tyre
31:20is prized among coin collectors.
31:23Scholars believe
31:24that this was the type
31:25of currency Judas was paid
31:27to betray Christ.
31:29So that was the coin
31:30to use to...
31:31Christ on him.
31:33Oh, wow.
31:34That's super dated.
31:35I wasn't expecting
31:36to see a vintage coin
31:37from Jesus' time
31:38so that's one of the things
31:39I love about this job.
31:41Keeps it fresh,
31:42keeps it new
31:42and you get to learn
31:43a lot about world history.
31:44So it's kind of fascinating
31:46to see things
31:48that are that old
31:49still, you know,
31:50living among us today.
31:51That coin is a very nice quality.
31:53It worth about $5,000.
31:56That's a common
31:57but interesting coin
31:58of Alexander the Great.
32:00Okay.
32:03A once-in-a-career situation
32:05for Officer Glover.
32:06He now needs to figure out
32:08whether the man
32:09must pay import tax
32:10on his purchases abroad
32:11and if so,
32:13how much.
32:24These are the ancient coins
32:26of the Greek
32:28and Roman Empire.
32:29In San Francisco,
32:32a man has declared
32:33thousands of dollars
32:34worth of antique coins
32:35purchased at an auction.
32:39This is actually
32:40my first time
32:41seeing vintage coins.
32:42I mean, what's interesting
32:43about it is
32:44the dates of these coins.
32:45Some of these coins
32:46are from, you know,
32:48dates that you only see
32:49in history books.
32:50So it's fascinating
32:51to see actual currency
32:53that was from, you know,
32:55a time where
32:56we weren't even thought of.
32:58That coin is a very nice quality.
33:00It worth about $5,000.
33:03And that's a common
33:04but interesting coin
33:05of Alexander the Great.
33:06Okay.
33:07King of Macedonia.
33:09He went and captured
33:10all the ancient world
33:11back then.
33:12First thing I want to do
33:13is make sure
33:14if we're going to charge duty,
33:16we charge the appropriate amount.
33:18Having had a crash course
33:20in classical civilization,
33:22Officer Glover
33:23has to determine
33:24if the collector
33:25needs to pay
33:26any import duty.
33:29So how do you acquire
33:31these coins?
33:32So what's your process?
33:33It's a major auction
33:34and all the other auctions
33:36that are happening in Europe.
33:37And it's important
33:38to know the price
33:39of the coins
33:39because that, you know,
33:41affects the duty
33:42and how much we have to charge
33:43if we have to charge
33:44anything at all.
33:45That is really nice.
33:47And what process
33:48does it go through
33:49to verify
33:50that the coins
33:51are actually authentic?
33:52These people are
33:53running the auction house.
33:54They've been doing this
33:55for over 50 years.
33:56Okay, so they're credited.
33:57Okay.
33:58They have the knowledge.
33:59They have the library.
34:00They have the books
34:00and everything.
34:02These are the great gold.
34:04Okay.
34:04I tried to buy them
34:05but they're not expensive.
34:07I couldn't get them.
34:07Too much competition.
34:08How much do these
34:09usually run for?
34:10I mean, in that condition
34:12probably about $5,000
34:13or more.
34:15That's not expensive.
34:16Yeah.
34:17Especially if they're
34:19nice like this.
34:22Since it's his first time
34:23ever encountering goods
34:24this old and unusual,
34:27Officer Glover
34:28consults his superiors
34:30and determines
34:31that passengers
34:32aren't required
34:33to pay duty
34:34on any items
34:35that are over
34:36100 years old.
34:39Okay.
34:40And do you collect
34:40different type of coins
34:41or how long have you
34:42been in this business?
34:44Over 40 years.
34:4540 years.
34:46I was a collector
34:47from the beginning
34:48of the year.
34:49Your own company
34:50or do you work
34:51with a different company?
34:52Own.
34:54That's why I see
34:55the power suit, man.
34:56I can tell.
34:57Yeah.
34:58Have a good one.
34:59The collector
35:00clears customs
35:01and heads home.
35:02This guy seems
35:03passionate about his job
35:05and with people like that
35:06you tend to learn a lot.
35:08In conclusion,
35:09we let the passenger go.
35:11No duty was owed
35:12this time
35:12and what makes
35:13this case so unique
35:15is it's my first time
35:17actually seeing ancient coins
35:18so I got to learn
35:20something new today.
35:34So, ladies,
35:35I'm going to be blunt with you.
35:36I'm not trying to alarm you
35:37or make you nervous.
35:40This is not going well for you.
35:43In Detroit,
35:45two women have been
35:46withholding the truth
35:47about their U.S. visit
35:48but one has finally admitted
35:51she's visiting her ex-boyfriend
35:53who 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
36:04to have a transatlantic relationship
36:06with a prisoner,
36:08the fact that the women
36:09have not disclosed
36:10this information
36:11on their S-2 application
36:12is a violation.
36:16In order to decide
36:17whether he'll allow
36:18the women into the country,
36:20Officer Bajorek
36:21needs to get their full story.
36:25If you say one thing
36:26to me that's not true,
36:28I'm going to assume
36:28everything after that
36:29is also untrue.
36:30So we're at a roadblock
36:31right now.
36:32So now it's up to you ladies
36:34to prove every single aspect
36:36of this trip
36:36and do not leave out
36:38a single detail.
36:39I'm going to see a prisoner
36:40as well.
36:40So you're both coming to see...
36:42Yeah.
36:42We just thought
36:43it sounded really bad.
36:45So the real purpose
36:46of your trip
36:47is you're both coming
36:48to see your boyfriends
36:49in prison.
36:49I'm going to see
36:50a friend in prison,
36:52not a boyfriend.
36:53I'm going to see
36:53a friend.
36:54In prison?
36:55Yes.
36:56Mine's definitely romantic.
36:58Okay, so keep in mind
36:59what I said.
37:00The truth,
37:01for now on.
37:02Okay.
37:02Nothing but the truth.
37:04We just thought
37:04it sounded really bad.
37:06Yeah, because it does.
37:07Mm-hmm.
37:08This is getting worse
37:09and worse, ladies,
37:09because they're behind bars.
37:11So when are you meeting...
37:12Are you going to meet them
37:13for a visit tonight?
37:14Are these conjugal visits?
37:15No, I'm not.
37:16Oh, God, no.
37:17Why not?
37:17No, you just go in there,
37:18sit in the room.
37:19There's loads of other people
37:20in the room.
37:20Guards are in the room.
37:22You just sit there, chat.
37:23You can hold hands.
37:23I've never been.
37:24So what's the motivation?
37:25Help me understand.
37:26Just someone
37:27that I like talking to
37:28and I want you
37:29to come over and see you.
37:31Pretty much the minute
37:31I hear someone's going
37:32to see a boyfriend
37:33in prison,
37:33it's not looking really good.
37:37Prison inmates frequently
37:39use contraband cell phones
37:41to create fake profiles
37:43on social media sites
37:44and dating apps.
37:45Have you ever met
37:46in person?
37:48No.
37:50I mean, I've got pictures
37:51on my phone,
37:51but they're all AI.
37:52May I see what you have?
37:54Yes.
37:55Does look anything
37:57like that photo?
37:59Um, not as good looking.
38:02Preying on vulnerable women,
38:04they build trust
38:05and then defraud them.
38:07So this one's
38:08really important.
38:08Has ever requested
38:10money from you?
38:11Yes, he has.
38:12Yes, he has.
38:15So in total,
38:16how much money
38:16did you send?
38:18Five hundred and a third.
38:21As the woman's story unfolds,
38:23Officer Bajorek
38:25becomes convinced
38:26she's the victim
38:27of a romance scam.
38:30I don't mean this
38:31to come across
38:32as harsh at all.
38:33Have you ever,
38:33is it ever considered
38:34to you that you might
38:35be being taken advantage
38:37of by these people?
38:38Yeah, yeah.
38:40Then, the woman
38:41reveals something new
38:42and seals her own fate.
38:45He's going to get
38:45a little place of his own
38:47in Grand Rapids.
38:48He's going to be
38:48paroled there.
38:50He claims to her
38:51that he is getting out soon
38:53and that she would
38:54eventually like to come
38:55and live in the United States.
38:57So that right there,
38:58she will go back
38:59because she has the intent
39:00to live in the United States.
39:01Not allowed on Eston.
39:03An intent to immigrate
39:05means the woman
39:06is not eligible
39:07for the visa waiver program.
39:09You do have to think
39:10about the mindset
39:12of someone
39:12who would travel
39:13across an ocean
39:14to a foreign country
39:15to visit a boyfriend
39:17who you've never met live
39:18because they're in jail.
39:20Just not common.
39:22In catching their lie,
39:24Officer Bajorek
39:25may have saved both women
39:27from future heartbreak
39:28and financial ruin.
39:31So you have been found
39:32inadmissible
39:33to the United States
39:34today per section
39:35212A-7AI
39:37of the INA as amended.
39:39So at this time,
39:40you're being refused entry
39:41to the United States.
39:43You'll be returned foreign
39:44on the next available flight.
39:45I haven't got any more
39:47needs to get back.
39:48Well, we're going to use
39:48your tickets
39:49that you already have.
39:50I just can't believe it.
39:52I don't.
39:52I understand.
39:53But once you misrepresent
39:55yourself to a federal officer,
39:56the assumption is
39:57that we cannot verify
39:59with certainty
40:00anything else
40:01you're saying after that.
40:02If you had come in
40:03and just been forthright
40:04with us from the beginning
40:05and told us the truth,
40:06it may have altered
40:07this decision.
40:08How am I going to get back
40:09from London?
40:10I've got limited money.
40:11I assure you,
40:12we'll get you back home
40:13safe and sound.
40:14And if you need anything
40:15while you're back here,
40:16just let me know, okay?
40:17I can't believe it's happening.
40:19I was looking so far
40:20up to seeing him.
40:23Unfortunately,
40:23they learn the hard way.
40:25You really have to be honest
40:26and forthright with officers.
40:29In the end,
40:30my heart does go out
40:30to these ladies.
40:31It's understandable
40:32how lonely people
40:33can be tricked
40:33into false relationships
40:35or made-up relationships.
40:38They're harmless,
40:39a little confused,
40:39but they're nice ladies,
40:40so I don't like to see
40:41this happen to anybody.
40:42But in the end,
40:43we still can't allow
40:46situations like this
40:46to occur in the U.S.
40:49Hopefully,
40:50they learn their lesson.
40:51They want to say
40:54they want to learn
40:54they want to learn
40:55how they can do to
40:56how they can use
40:56May they jump in
41:04They can't do it!
41:11They wantmad they
41:17to run avoided
41:17or too much
41:20and if they want to
41:20enhance them
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