Originally Posted by Wirachay
But in the US, not every domestic airport has customs.
For the very small airports, I am told there are police/security employees with basic training in customs procedures.
In general, customs inspections in the EU are very rudimentary. They know that 99% of pax have good intentions, and figure that most of the rest will have been caught by successive rounds of departure security. I think it's accepted that delaying the whole world and his dog in order to occasionally find a little condraband in a suitcase is a pointless excercise when there are miles and miles of land/sea borders that just can't be guarded effectively....
Originally Posted by
CyBeR
It's still not perfect of course (perfect security doesn't exist, and attempting to achieve it will bankrupt you) but it's at least a lot better already.
In Mexico and Venezuela (and I think BOG, too, but I 've only flown there once and I can't be totally sure), baggage reclaim is airside and an airline employee carries out a tag inspection on those leaving the belt. Not 100% perfect, but pretty darn close if you ask me.