Originally Posted by
DiabelliMi
<SNIP> I arrived home yesterday and noticed that a sixpack of new socks and a new pair of sneakers disappeared out of my checked luggage.
Shoes and
socks? Times must be tough, we’ve come a long way from TSOs stealing broadcast quality video cameras.
If it's any consolation, you’re not alone:
Originally Posted by CBS4.com 4-29-09
<SNIP> To see how bad the problem really is, the I-Team dug through a little known database of items reported stolen by airline passengers to the TSA (Transportation Security Administration).
"You've got sophisticated crooks (at the airport)," Jim Butler said.
"Miami-Dade aviation gets a lot of money for the security at that airport," Butler said. "My concern is the security at that lower level is wide open. These people are allowed access to whatever."
Digging through the TSA's data, the I-Team found 128,632 passenger claims of items stolen from their luggage dating from 2002 thru June 2008 at airports across the country. That's 54.2 claims filed by passengers somewhere in the United States every day! The amount of value on the stolen items placed by the passengers themselves and reported to TSA exceeded $5.5 Billion ($5,585,286,601.08).
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