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Contraband Seized at the Airport S02E05
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00:12and away we go
00:16we're on our way to one of our off-site express consignment facility we're going to be conducting
00:22inspections on multiple shipments that was flagged by one of our units and hopefully we
00:28can get some good stuff all right boys let's go do this the shipments earmarked for inspection
00:35are from a european sender hello guys we are back whose details bear the hallmarks of a smuggling
00:45operation this shipment might be good we're going to be passing it through the x-ray
00:54okay i like that image right there that might possibly be something so now we're gonna
01:01do a more thorough inspection the way people package things nowadays anything could be disguised as
01:16anything this looks like a friendly kids package a simple cartoon but when we open it we usually find
01:23pills
01:30anything in the bags stick me poke me cut me hurt me by any chance we're up against a clock
01:35we're
01:36looking for anybody that's not declaring and there's going to be a lot
01:44so
01:54so
02:11Where are your bags?
02:13This is it.
02:13This is it?
02:14Yeah.
02:14I travel light.
02:15All right.
02:16Have a good day.
02:18Today in San Francisco.
02:22Please have your passports in your hands.
02:24Have your passports in your hands.
02:26Yeah.
02:28A traveler is being inspected after an x-ray revealed some unusual looking objects in
02:33his luggage.
02:35I'm just looking for pretty much contraband.
02:37We are just going to do a quick baggage inspection just to see what he's bringing in.
02:42Having just landed from China, he claims to have forgotten the combination for the lock
02:47on his suitcase.
02:49So I'm going to need to cut it open.
02:51All right.
02:52All right.
02:53Which isn't a problem for Officer Gluzov.
02:58You're playing full responsibility of all the items that are in your bags?
03:02Yes.
03:03Inside the suitcase...
03:05What's in this box?
03:07Stapleware or staples?
03:09Stapleware is an unusually large quantity of office supplies.
03:14Why are you getting staples?
03:18What kind of staples are they?
03:19Like...
03:20Like regular staples.
03:21Why don't you just go to Staples and buy some staples?
03:24It's cheaper over there, boss.
03:25How much cheaper?
03:27Officer Gluzov counts 30 staplers and over 40,000 staples.
03:34How many staples do you need?
03:38How many people do you work with?
03:42How many is a lot of people?
03:43I don't think so.
03:45Wow.
03:46So many staples.
03:50Do you usually get inspected?
03:52No, I've never seen staples.
03:54Never seen so many staples.
03:57What is this?
03:57Only the gifts for me.
03:59Okay.
04:01What's called?
04:02Tea.
04:02Got all the tea?
04:06Is it mushrooms?
04:08What is this?
04:09It's tea.
04:10Want tea?
04:11I don't drink it.
04:14The traveler claims the mushrooms are for making a traditional infusion.
04:19I just got to test it out.
04:21But Officer Gluzov needs to make sure they aren't the magic kind.
04:26I'm just going to test out the mushrooms.
04:30Psilocybin mushrooms contain hallucinogenic compounds, making them a Schedule I controlled
04:36substance.
04:38I understand.
04:39Everyone gets inspected, Matt.
04:41I just need a very small sample.
04:44Bringing them into the country is a federal crime, which can result in a heavy fine and
04:50even jail time.
05:09Okay.
05:11I like that image right there.
05:13That might possibly be something.
05:16At Newark's cargo facility.
05:18It looks like a friendly kid's package.
05:21It's a simple cartoon.
05:22But when we open it, it fills.
05:27Officers have intercepted an airmail package from Europe, one of a large shipment flagged for
05:32inspection.
05:34After they vacuum seal it, they'll wash it with a solvent to get the smell away from the
05:40package so that the drug sniffing dogs can't detect it.
05:46All right.
05:47So let me go ahead.
05:51Perfect.
05:52I'm going to try this.
05:53All right.
05:54Let's go ahead and test.
05:56For quick identification, Officer Olivo uses a laser device which searches over 1,200 substances in mere seconds.
06:07Okay.
06:07We're going to get ready to conduct a scan.
06:09From cutting agents to narcotics.
06:14There it is.
06:16MDMA.
06:18MDMA, or ecstasy, is a synthetic party drug which is illegal in the U.S. and United Kingdom.
06:26Good job, Officer Olivo.
06:28It's a hallucinogenic.
06:29You wake up the next morning not knowing where you've been.
06:33A single pill has a street value of around $80, meaning this pack is likely to be worth nearly $25
06:41,000.
06:42This is definitely a good find.
06:44We get these off the streets.
06:47Criminal gangs in Europe are increasingly manufacturing synthetic drugs to trade directly with Mexican cartels in exchange for cocaine.
06:57Much of their product is trafficked using America's mail system.
07:02Okay.
07:03We're good.
07:04All right.
07:04We've got a few more to go.
07:07With a further 45 packages in the shipment.
07:11Get that envelope.
07:12Maybe something.
07:14The officers aren't done yet.
07:18You can see here there's an envelope and within the envelope you see two distinct packages in there.
07:23So, once again, this is a top view, this is a side view.
07:26So, this may be probable of something.
07:31My spider sense is tingling.
07:32This is packaging very similar to what we just found with the ecstasy pills.
07:38Bingo.
07:39Once again, our cartoon feline friend packaging on the outside with no name brands on the top.
07:50Okay.
07:51This looks like a package of ketamine and this possibly could be pink cocaine.
07:56So, we're going to see.
08:00I'm confident that this is going to come out positive for something.
08:03We shall see.
08:10There you go.
08:12Ketamine.
08:14Ketamine is a fast-acting anesthetic.
08:18It's growing popularity as a recreational drug has fueled a rapid increase in use in the U.S.
08:26This will come back as ketamine as well.
08:30There you go.
08:32Ketamine.
08:33Good fine.
08:35It's a party drug.
08:36It's a huge party drug that they use constantly.
08:38Having also tested positive for ketamine, officers want to establish why only the second batch is pink.
08:46We're going to take a reading of it with the Gemini, which is a little bit more accurate.
08:50This test requires a device with a larger library of chemicals.
08:58The pink powder here came back as ketamine mixed with MDMA.
09:03A potentially lethal cocktail.
09:06Both substances have been linked to fatal strokes and heart attacks.
09:14We're just killing it today.
09:17Yeah, so basically it looks like it's one of those days.
09:19Sometimes we get nothing.
09:21Sometimes we may get maybe one, maybe two.
09:25But today it looks like we're getting a slew of illicit contraband coming through the port today.
09:29So it's a good day.
09:30This, I don't know what this one is.
09:32We're going to have to test this.
09:34But here we go with more party pills.
09:36The problem is a lot of people take too much of this stuff.
09:38They wind up OD'ing and they're trying to celebrate something.
09:41A celebration turns into a tragedy.
09:45We might have more.
09:46Another suspect right here.
09:48Another suspect.
09:49Another suspect.
09:50We're going to pull all three.
09:54It's a frenzy all today.
09:57The x-ray directs them towards a further $20,000 worth of party drugs.
10:04Positive for MDMA.
10:07These smugglers will try anything and everything to get the little packages through.
10:12Three hours in.
10:15Have another one.
10:17The search takes a turn.
10:20This is, this is something else.
10:26Possibly this could be testosterone.
10:29This package appears to be from a different sender.
10:33This time in Turkey.
10:36We're going to have our officer test this to see what it really is.
11:00Is it mushrooms?
11:01What is this?
11:02The gene.
11:03In San Francisco's secondary, a man referred for a suitcase search.
11:09I'm just going to test out the mushrooms.
11:12Is attempting to bring mushrooms into the country from China.
11:17We just need a very small sample.
11:21He claims they're for making tea.
11:25I don't know what it is, so.
11:27But if they contain hallucinogenic psilocybin, the test will turn purple.
11:33That's cool.
11:34I mean, that's no worries.
11:37And the traveler will be in hot water.
11:42If it was positive, it would pop for like a lightish purple.
11:50It's not positive, right?
11:52So we'd have a different conversation then.
11:58I can't tell you why you were inspected.
12:01But keep in mind that if you're coming in to the U.S., you're subject to inspection.
12:08Every passenger, it doesn't matter if you're a green card holder, U.S. citizen, like yourself.
12:13Or a visa.
12:15All right.
12:16You're all set, sir.
12:17Thank you, man.
12:20Chinese culture has a long tradition of making tea from medicinal mushrooms.
12:27Fungi, such as reishi and cordyceps, are prized for their earthy flavors and health-giving properties.
12:34China's known for a lot of teas.
12:37The guy did a test, no mismatch, all regular.
12:40The guy was a little bit annoyed being inspected.
12:43That is kind of a normal thing between U.S. citizens.
12:47People don't like to be pulled out or be extra inspected.
12:52And they get fishy when they ask us, why are they being inspected?
12:56But we can only tell them that they're subject to inspection.
13:00You too.
13:02Have a good one. Bye.
13:25If you're on a facial recognition, you just need your lovely face, then your face will mark you on board.
13:30If you're on a facial recognition, you just need your lovely face, then your face will mark you on board.
13:32Did you guys purchase or acquire anything on this trip that you're bringing back with the other day?
13:35Any, like, handbags, jewelry, anything like that?
13:38No.
13:40By law, all commercial purchases made abroad must be declared and the required import duty paid.
13:48All righty.
13:49Use your guys' passports back.
13:50You guys are all set.
13:53At CBP checkpoint and baggage claim, officers are spot-checking passengers just off a flight from Rome, Italy.
14:01Something I'm never gonna use.
14:03I don't think so.
14:05Officer Reynaud has stopped the owner of a bridal dress store who's returning from a buying trip.
14:12100% French cotton lace, handcrafted in Italy.
14:16Do you have the receipt for these, ma'am?
14:18No, I don't.
14:19At an earlier checkpoint, she failed to declare five wedding dresses to officers.
14:25This is not what we sell.
14:28And explains it's because they're samples, gifted to her by an Italian supplier.
14:34Are they labeled as samples?
14:37No.
14:38It all needs to be declared as custom.
14:41But even if I didn't pay for it?
14:44It's for your business regardless of whether you're selling it or using it as a sample.
14:48And how you do that?
14:49You let the officer up front know or you let me know when I stop you.
14:52But she didn't let me know.
14:54Listen.
14:55I'm in business since 96.
14:58Okay?
14:59We sell dresses after $30,000.
15:01Okay.
15:02Because we do everything custom made by custom arrangement.
15:05I get it. I get it.
15:07So it's a totally different scenario.
15:09So for customs purposes, you have to declare it as a commercial sample.
15:13I declare everything.
15:14I'm a very honest person.
15:16Pressed to put a value on them, she estimates each dress to be worth just $50.
15:22She's just going to kind of modify and play with them a little bit.
15:25But for our purposes, it is being brought in as commercial goods.
15:29She did not declare the dresses to me.
15:31She placed the value of these dresses at $250 in total.
15:35These are handmade Italian dresses, wedding dresses.
15:39They would not be worth $50.
15:41I imagine they would be far more than that in Italy and they are certainly worth more here.
15:47Since the samples have no retail value for her, the woman says she has made an honest mistake,
15:53which could end up costing her dearly.
15:57Listen to me. I'm explaining this to you.
15:59From a custom standpoint, everything has value.
16:01And when you bring in commercial items, if you don't declare them, it's subject to seizure.
16:20A combination of ketamine with MDMA.
16:23In Newark, officers have intercepted three packages of party drugs from Europe.
16:29We're just, we're killing it today.
16:32So far, they estimate the seizure to be worth roughly $45,000 on the black market.
16:40But the search takes a new direction, as officers intercept another shipment, this time from Turkey.
16:49This is something else.
16:52Possibly this could be testosterone, non-regulated.
16:55We're going to have our officer test this to see what it really is.
17:02What we have here, this is the anabol, a steroid used for muscle growth.
17:09So, schedule three drug.
17:12Dianabol is a prescription-only anabolic steroid, widely used for enhancing muscle physique and athletic performance.
17:21We're going to crack the pill, just because usually hills, they come with a little film.
17:28And the film will prevent us from getting the correct reading.
17:32Shining a red beam, which is your laser.
17:35Add the material.
17:39Okay, no match found.
17:41So we got no match on the Dianabol.
17:43That will call for further testing.
17:46The inconclusive reading suggests the pills don't contain what they claim.
17:51The fake pharmaceutical industry is one of the most profitable on the black market.
17:57Estimated to be worth up to an annual $200 billion.
18:02Due to its lax counterfeit laws, Turkey is a major source country.
18:08A lot of this stuff's not regulated.
18:10All the young men that want to get super muscular, they have really no idea what they're really ingesting.
18:17After four hours and 50 packages searched, hundreds of pills and controlled medication are seized.
18:24All worth close to $50,000.
18:28It may be a small amount, but at the end of the day, we've saved a few lives.
18:33What is this, the 18?
18:37The seizure will be passed to Homeland Security Investigations as evidence.
18:42Who will work with European law enforcement to track down the labs behind the shipment.
18:49For Officer Olivo, today marks yet another high point in a long-running, dedicated career.
18:57Well, I don't want to say that I'm a legend, but I try my very best to identify whatever comes
19:02across my table.
19:02Right now, I'm getting ready to retire, but every day that I am here, I'm going to do my best
19:09to try to stop as much contraband as I can.
19:12Because I love my country, and I just want to make sure that these drugs don't get into the hands
19:19of children.
19:40But this is not the full resale.
19:42It's commercial.
19:43You did not declare it.
19:46In secondary, a bridal store owner has failed to declare five sample dresses, gifted to her by an Italian supplier.
19:55I'm a very honest person, so this is not for resale.
20:00But it is commercial.
20:02No, it's not.
20:04Since she has no plans to sell them, she believes they have no commercial value.
20:10I'm a customs officer. I've been doing this for a lot of years.
20:12Okay, and I will tell you 100% it is commercial.
20:16From a customs perspective, it is commercial.
20:18It's more business, okay?
20:20I respect you, but to me, commercial means that I have a client that I can put this dress on.
20:27Look, this dress is this big.
20:29It doesn't treat anybody.
20:32I'm not going to try it on.
20:33I'm just saying I don't know.
20:35For customs purposes, you have to declare it.
20:38You have to declare it with the proper value, okay?
20:41When asked, she estimated the dresses to be worth around $50 each.
20:47Officer Reynaud disagrees.
20:50If customs disputes the value, which in this case, I do, $250 is way too low for what's here.
20:56Okay, these are handmade dresses in Italy.
20:57I know they're not resellable.
20:59I know you're not planning on selling them, but clearly they're worth more than $250.
21:03And they're commercial, okay?
21:05They are considered commercial for customs purposes because you are bringing them in for business use.
21:10Even though the woman has made a genuine mistake, on this occasion, Officer Reynaud won't be saying, I do.
21:19How are we going to do this?
21:20It's got to get looked at by our import specialist.
21:21They'll determine what the actual value of these items are, and then they'll assess any tariffs, any duties that are
21:27owed.
21:28You will owe duties on these items.
21:31All five dresses are seized.
21:35Nobody's going without a wedding dress, right?
21:38I don't want to ruin anyone's wedding.
21:41So we're going to put it into a bonded warehouse with the airline, and our customs import specialist can take
21:47a look at it, and they'll determine what the value is for these items.
21:50And then they'll assess any tariffs, any duties that are owed on those items, and then she'll be able to
21:55get them back.
21:56Do you have any questions at all, ma'am?
21:58No.
21:58Okay.
21:59All right, thank you very much.
22:00Sure, sure, we can do that.
22:02All right.
22:03Thank you so much.
22:03And this gentleman's going to get you onto your final destination.
22:07Yeah.
22:07All right.
22:07Have a good day.
22:10Ciao.
22:11Ciao.
22:12Bye-bye.
22:3128% of all illicit drugs seized in the U.S. are at airports.
22:38What you got here?
22:39Uh, climbing harness.
22:41Okay.
22:42You rock will climb?
22:42Yeah.
22:44All right.
22:44Do you have any chalk in here?
22:45Yeah.
22:45All right.
22:47This doesn't look like the same consistency as, like, cocaine.
22:50But with that being said, it gets broken up with so many things.
22:53In order to catch smugglers, Customs and Border Protection regularly carries out specialized operations, known as 100% checks.
23:05Ah!
23:06I know.
23:07I know.
23:07I know.
23:08I know.
23:08I missed you, too.
23:10At JFK, Officer Sanjerjo and K-9 Magnus are heading out to runway 22 left, where a flight from the
23:20Dominican Republic has just touched down.
23:23The Dominican Republic happens to be the hub for narcotics to transfer through.
23:29We try to hit those flights, hoping that we come up on something.
23:34A 100% check is when a plane, its passengers, and even its crew are inspected without prior warning.
23:43Once they put the chocks on, we'll get out.
23:46We like to watch the airline workers and see, you know, make sure that they're not hiding a bag or
23:53concealing a bag.
23:54We want to make sure that all bases are covered.
23:57All right.
23:58On board the now-empty A320, the search begins.
24:02Up.
24:04Good boy.
24:06We normally like to look in, like, little compartments like this, because sometimes you never know, but it's happened before.
24:17Where we find something in there.
24:20Up.
24:21Up.
24:22Good job.
24:25Bathroom.
24:27Good boy.
24:29Magnus is trained to detect the scent of weapons, cash, and narcotics, even if they're no longer on board.
24:36Up.
24:37Keep.
24:39Good job.
24:41His nose is so good that I could skip a couple rows, and even if there's something in the seat,
24:47he will alert and he'll take me there.
24:49We have the AC on right now, so if there was anything, the wind could possibly move the odor.
24:57I have to trust my dog and follow him.
25:01Good job.
25:03We're going to go inside the belly, so that's going to be the next plot.
25:10Below the passenger deck, aircraft search technician Officer Cambry enters the cargo hole.
25:17Okay.
25:19Within this area here, they actually hide a lot of contraband, narcotics, and weapons.
25:26We're going to scan some of the panels to see what's within the void.
25:29There's a lot of voids in this aircraft here in this area, and if I do see anomaly, then I'll
25:34open it up, and then from there we'll do further inspection.
25:37Previous searches of aircraft cargo holds have revealed narcotics stashed by ground crews being bribed by the cartels.
25:46This is this area that I just scanned, and that's where you get the panel separation and the screws goes.
26:00I see a small anomaly here.
26:03I'm going to open the area just to inspect it, because this looks like a little unusual to see that.
26:08So I'm going to check it out and see what's in there.
26:13The hatch stores gases used to inflate emergency evacuation systems in an area only accessible to flight crews.
26:23Okay.
26:24It's part of the insulation back here.
26:27This is what the insulation looks like.
26:29Sometime you have a piece that's actually full with the x-ray.
26:32You will see it as a heavier mass.
26:34So that's where I saw the piece of insulation actually just stuck over here.
26:37So I can see that.
26:38So it's negative.
26:39For any narcotics.
26:42So far, the hold appears clean.
26:45Good boy.
26:46Good job, Magnus.
26:50But up on the passenger deck.
26:54Up.
26:56Hey.
26:58Magnus.
27:05Magnus picks up a send.
27:24I'm going to call one of the guys.
27:32There might be something there.
27:38I'm going to call one of the guys.
27:39I'm going to call one of the guys.
27:39You're going to call one of the guys.
28:01I'm not going to call one of the guys.
28:02I'm going to call one of the guys.
28:09for smuggled contraband.
28:11He's going crazy.
28:12I'm going to call one of you guys.
28:13There might be something there.
28:16K-9 Magnus has picked up a suspicious scent
28:19on the passenger deck.
28:21Hey, sorry to bother you.
28:22I was on one of the flights,
28:25and I wanted one of you guys to check something out for me.
28:29There could possibly be something there.
28:31This aircraft might have been used
28:34for transporting of narcotics.
28:36It could possibly be the AC is on,
28:40so odor kind of travels.
28:42And, you know, sometimes the dog can pick up on the odor,
28:46but because of the circulation,
28:49he can't really pinpoint where it is.
28:52So it's up to us to kind of step in and use our tools.
28:59Aircraft search mechanics arrive to investigate.
29:07There's something there that, like, an odor
29:10that he's trained to detect.
29:12He would kind of give off this behavior,
29:15and so that's why I'm a little bit optimistic
29:18that something might be there.
29:24In the belly of the plane...
29:27All right.
29:28Aircraft search technician, Officer Cambry,
29:32conducts a corresponding search,
29:34trying to access the area of suspicion from below.
29:38I see you, man. I'm down here.
29:41I have my partners upstairs.
29:53Yeah, it looks pretty good here.
29:56Looking good.
29:58So in that area here,
30:00we actually communicate,
30:01make sure there is nothing upstairs,
30:02and I'll make sure I tell them
30:04there's nothing down here also.
30:06So far, it looks pretty good.
30:07Nothing here.
30:07So there's no step outside,
30:10and then we'll close up.
30:18After a two-hour search...
30:24Okay, this is secure.
30:27Officers declare the plane free of contraband.
30:31It's a cat and mice game,
30:33so it's just one of those things
30:34that we have to do here,
30:36and, you know, just try to get the drugs off the street.
30:40And this is part of our mission.
30:42And as aircraft search mechanics,
30:45this is what we do here for CBP.
30:49Officers have a theory
30:50that Magnus was picking up
30:52on the residual odor of narcotics
30:54from a previous leg.
30:55This is why Magnus could have picked it up.
30:59For today, Magnus' work is done.
31:02The Customs and Border Protection
31:04will continue its 100% checks
31:06and remain vigilant.
31:08It was a productive day for us.
31:11Magnus loves his job.
31:13I love my job.
31:14And we're every day motivated
31:19to find more and more drugs.
31:21I will do it over and over again if I can.
31:24You hear that, Magnus?
31:25Yeah.
31:26Yeah.
32:21You're married to the girl
32:22you came with today, right?
32:23Uh, she's my wife.
32:25Yeah.
32:25Yeah.
32:26She's here.
32:26Yeah.
32:26Yeah, correct.
32:28In Honolulu,
32:29a couple traveling from China
32:32on B-2 tourist visas
32:33have been referred for questioning.
32:37On their frequent visits to the U.S.,
32:40the wife returns home after a short visit,
32:43while the husband stays behind.
32:47Officer Nix wants to find out
32:49what's behind the unusual travel pattern.
32:53Just gonna have you take a seat right here for me.
32:59The pair is questioned separately.
33:03When was the last trip to the U.S.?
33:07Okay.
33:08Who did you come with?
33:11Okay.
33:12How long did you and your wife stay?
33:16Just two months?
33:19About two or three months, yeah.
33:21Two or three months,
33:22that's a pretty big difference.
33:26Why did your wife leave after two weeks?
33:38So what did you do?
33:42Okay.
33:45Similar to their last trip to the U.S.,
33:48the wife is yet again booked on a return flight,
33:51but her husband says he has plans to stay longer.
33:55How come you didn't buy a ticket to go back home yet?
33:58Not yet.
33:59I want to book tomorrow.
34:01And where are you going to stay?
34:03In a hotel,
34:04and then rent a car to get a road trip.
34:07You said you're going to rent a car.
34:09Do you already have a reservation for a car rental?
34:12Not yet.
34:13I want to rent today and return today.
34:17You're going to book a new car every day?
34:20Yeah, yeah.
34:21Why not just book one for six days?
34:23Because the hotel parking is about $60 one day.
34:30If I rent one day, I use no fee for parking.
34:35Okay.
34:35After two weeks, do you have any plan of staying longer?
34:40Uh...
34:41I want to go to the California.
34:43Mm-hmm.
34:44Wait, just one moment.
34:45I'll be right back.
34:47The man's travel plans are unusually light on detail.
34:52There's a lot of discrepancies with the fact that he doesn't have a lot of reservations,
34:56any real details for his travel, or even lodging or flights to follow along with his plan.
35:02There's also the fact that he admitted that he initially did not tell us his full plans,
35:06which do include travel to the mainland United States after his time in Hawaii.
35:12A search of his suitcase yields a surprising discovery.
35:16It's weird.
35:17He's got nine different bank accounts.
35:20Multiple credit and debit cards with U.S. banks.
35:24We are going to bring the information we have for this individual,
35:28the evidence we had suggesting his various bank accounts.
35:30We're going to investigate further to determine what his intent in the United States is
35:35and what his past activities were.
35:39When we looked in your luggage today, you have like 15 to 20 different bank cards.
35:45Why do you have almost 20 bank cards, debit cards?
35:50Uh...
35:50Because listen, once we find something that you didn't tell us about,
35:54and if it's something that might cause us for concern,
35:58you're not going to get an opportunity to change your story at that point.
36:21In Honolulu, a married couple from China is being questioned
36:26after red flags were raised by their travel plans.
36:30When we looked in your luggage today, you have like 15 to 20 different bank cards.
36:36Why do you have almost 20 bank cards, debit cards?
36:42Here on tourist visas, the husband claims they came for vacation.
36:46But the discovery of his multiple U.S. bank accounts suggests otherwise.
36:52Before then I come to America, I want to do the business in China.
37:00They need to have the bank account in the U.S.
37:05Usually an account gives you one, maybe two cards.
37:08You have almost 20.
37:10Yes.
37:10So how many different accounts?
37:12Oh, actually, it's about nine.
37:17So nine?
37:17About nine.
37:19Why nine different bank accounts in the United States?
37:23Because sometimes my friend needs to transfer the U.S. dollar to the Chinese Yuan.
37:32Who are you transferring money for?
37:34For my friend.
37:35So he lives in the U.S.?
37:36No, in China.
37:38In China.
37:39How much money have you helped transfer total?
37:42$40,000.
37:43$40,000 U.S. dollars?
37:44Yeah.
37:45I'm trying to understand that.
37:46Why would someone in the U.S.
37:48Why is she giving you $40,000 to transfer back to China?
37:53Who is this person to you?
37:55He's my friend.
37:56So you're just helping move money from here back to China?
38:00Yes, just transfer to money.
38:02Okay.
38:03Because right now, I don't think you're being fully honest.
38:06Mm-hmm.
38:08So right now with the questioning, he's already fairly nervous.
38:11His answers are extremely varied, which leads us to believe he's trying to lie about the
38:16real reason why he's transferring money for people.
38:18It does have potential links to things such as money laundering or fraud.
38:23Do you understand the possible penalties for lying to federal officers in the United States?
38:28Mm-hmm.
38:28I know that.
38:29What's the penalty?
38:33That's one thing, yes.
38:35Yes.
38:35You could also go to jail for five years in a U.S. prison.
38:38Okay.
38:39I'm going to have you wait back in the same room until we're ready to talk to you later.
38:44Okay?
38:47While the interview is paused, another teen continues to question the man's wife.
38:54She makes a startling admission about their previous trip to the country.
39:00His wife stated that he worked in some capacity on his last entry to the United States.
39:06According to her, he did receive money for some things that he did in the United States.
39:10There are things suggesting, too, that he had an intent to also come back again on this entry, potentially
39:16to do the same thing.
39:19A clear violation of his B-2 tourist visa means only one thing.
39:26You'll be expeditiously removed on the first available flight, and you were barred from
39:31re-entering the United States for a period of five years from the date of removal.
39:36Do you understand?
39:37From now?
39:38Yeah, I understand.
39:47Give it a couple seconds.
39:50All right.
39:51Good.
39:51Next.
39:52Because of the evidence, his lack of reservations, his lack of ability to truly describe what he
39:57did on the last trip, he was refused entry to the United States today.
40:00He is going to be banned for five years.
40:04As for the suspicions of money laundering, Officer Nix will turn over his findings.
40:10There are further concerns we have as well, but those we're going to address with probably
40:15another agency to process possible further actions against him in the future.
40:21The couple will be put on the first flight departing for China.
40:25Whenever we are able to refuse entry to people who are coming for derogatory reasons,
40:31whether that's, again, terrorism or fraud or illegal activities, criminal activities,
40:38it always gives me a great feeling to be able to go home and knowing that I actually helped
40:41protect our country and at the end of the day, fulfilled my job, my duty to protect our country.
40:53It's a great thing to do.
40:55The most importantly, is that you need to go home and another thing.
40:58Let found our place to do that.
41:00We love you, Joe.
41:02Look, for the reason why the country is a great thing, it's quite important.
41:04It's not my country to get from here, but we are live in the country.
41:06It's not our country to address any of those in the country and you, it's not our country.
41:07It's not our country to protect us, it's not our country to protect ourselves,
41:10we are able to put you on the same country.
41:10It's not our country to protect us, it's not our country to protect us, we are about to look.
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