To Catch a Smuggler

This show is definitely interesting and a good pastime watch, but dear god the show makes these officers looks like unbearable people. This show somehow manages to make me feel bad for the travelers.

These officers hound and harass these foreign nationals on a "hunch" and drive up the most ridiculous line of questioning for these people and wonder why they're acting suspicious. There is an extreme lack of empathy and people skills from these officers it almost makes it unbearable to watch. Never in my life would I wish these interactions on someone else! Sending people home cause their stories don't add up to them, or questioning people for hours because they're fidgeting with their bag/looking suspicious is ridiculous. I get they're just doing their job but have some empathy! The show is also extremely edited beyond belief. Good watch but these officers are very unlikable.

This Fontana guy really thought he had the south African guy nailed. Fontana would have been the 1st to crucify someone back in those days. He makes Craig and DayDay look legit. Dude was licking his chops thinking that the traveler was gonna drop the pallets. And Nothing. What a waste of time. But I'm glad the show played it through, even if it was a slow day for smuggling. Fontana needs better training, maybe the Dog could hold a seminar,and Fontana be required to attend, complete with an exam that he must score a minimum of eighty per cent. I started reporting for the traveler after five minutes of this guy.

I was watching an episode with my 96 y/o mother because she likes the show. This particular episide was from JFK. They had security footage of the baggage handler steering 4 huge suitcases of drugs through the airport. Never intercepted them to install tracking devices so that they could locate the final destination. It's no wonder that we don't catch drig dealers in this country. They seem to be quick to bust the low and lower level mules but hesitate to take the proper route to catch either the originator of the drug shipment or the end destination of the shipment. With today's technology, it seems ridiculous that this country's law enforcement can't crack a smuggling ring if their life depended on it.

I LOVE THE SHOW, it is so mind blowing to see the sacrifice seemingly ordinary people are taking to traffic drugs. I conclude that most of the traffickers are being threatened/forced to do the task, plus greed on the traffickers part once introduced to the task. I believe the traffickers chosen to do the job are ignorant to the severity of the crime and have little insight to how they can be caught. SOLUTION- to decrease FLIGHT TRAVELINGTRAFFICKERS- play the Series throughout the airport, make it visual for them to see how they will be caught, arrested and sent immediately to prison. This may also led officials to finding out who are the people pushing the trafficking, if my theory is correct, the person who agreed to be the drug trafficker will have to return to their source. Id really like to kmow what is happening to the families and loved ones of the captured drug trafficker, where are those bodies??? Or maybe what happens to them is that they are next to attempt the trafficking of the next supply of drugs. THIS IS VERY DEEP, at least it leads me to think that deep, It is a vicious cycle. I would be remiss to not thank CUSTOMS BORDER PATROL employees, they are doing an OUTSTANDING job. THANKS CBP.

As a reply to the people 'concerned' about people's right to privacy, bug off. If you've ever flown abroad you'll see how easy we are. No foreigner should expect to have our constitutional rights. A citizen, deal with it. How do they know you are a citizen until they ask questions? They're not breaking down your door and your returning from 'hot' spots can be a problem for many more people than your momentary inconvenience. We live in dangerous times with many enemies. Finally, remember these officers are people, not actors used to being on camera. Being in the public limelight makes a person self conscious, so cut 'em some slack.