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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 11:04 pm
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Originally Posted by ESpen36
But those countries just seem to take your word for it, most of the time. The EU airports I've visited have not had any officers "sizing you up" as you walk out of the Green (nothing to declare) line. How do they know you're telling the truth if they're not even trying actively to catch smugglers?
Do these guys go through the same mind-reading training programme that SPOTs do? I bet those CBP agents catch as many smugglers as BDOs do terrorists.
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