DEA regularly mines Americans' travel records to seize millions in cash
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Re: DEA regularly mines Americans' travel records to seize millions in cash
#2I count on this so I can buy cheap Outside Lands tickets from cash poor drug dealers that "had something come up"
Re: DEA regularly mines Americans' travel records to seize millions in cash
#3> “We won’t release that information without a subpoena,” American Airlines spokesman Ross Feinstein said.
Just because Ross said something, doesn't make it true.
> And a police dog smelled drugs on the cash
There is so much wrong with that assertion
1) Dogs are trained to find money
2) Most cash is cocaine contaminated [1]
3) A dog indicating is not proof of anything [2] usually nothing more than what the handler wants to happen
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contaminated_currency
[2] https://nevergetbusted.com/2014/07/20/university-study-trick...
Re: DEA regularly mines Americans' travel records to seize millions in cash
#4> Federal drug agents regularly mine Americans’ travel information to profile people who might be ferrying money for narcotics traffickers — though they almost never use what they learn to make arrests or build criminal cases.
> Instead, that targeting has helped the Drug Enforcement Administration seize a small fortune in cash.
So, they're basically the Sheriff of Nottingham, or the old Central European robber barons.
Re: DEA regularly mines Americans' travel records to seize millions in cash
#5> Federal drug agents regularly mine Americans’ travel information to profile people who might be ferrying money for narcotics traffickers — though they almost never use what they learn to make arrests or build criminal cases. > Instead, that targeting has helped the Drug Enforcement Administration seize a small fortune in cash. So, they're basically the Sheriff of Nottingham, or the old Central European robber baron…
> DEA units assigned to patrol 15 of the nation’s busiest airports seized more than $209 million in cash from at least 5,200 people over the past decade after concluding the money was linked to drug trafficking
So was it drug money or not?
Re: DEA regularly mines Americans' travel records to seize millions in cash
#6> “We won’t release that information without a subpoena,” American Airlines spokesman Ross Feinstein said. Just because Ross said something, doesn't make it true. > And a police dog smelled drugs on the cash There is so much wrong with that assertion 1) Dogs are trained to find money 2) Most cash is cocaine contaminated [1] 3) A dog indicating is not proof of anything [2] usually nothing more than what the handler wa…
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Re: DEA regularly mines Americans' travel records to seize millions in cash
#7> Federal drug agents regularly mine Americans’ travel information to profile people who might be ferrying money for narcotics traffickers — though they almost never use what they learn to make arrests or build criminal cases. > Instead, that targeting has helped the Drug Enforcement Administration seize a small fortune in cash. So, they're basically the Sheriff of Nottingham, or the old Central European robber baron…
> DEA units assigned to patrol 15 of the nation’s busiest airports seized more than $209 million in cash from at least 5,200 people over the past decade after concluding the money was linked to drug trafficking So was it drug money or not?
I mean, it's plausible in all these stories that it is. But it seems like there should be a higher standard before the feds can take tens of thousands of dollars from you.
Re: DEA regularly mines Americans' travel records to seize millions in cash
#8> Federal drug agents regularly mine Americans’ travel information to profile people who might be ferrying money for narcotics traffickers — though they almost never use what they learn to make arrests or build criminal cases. > Instead, that targeting has helped the Drug Enforcement Administration seize a small fortune in cash. So, they're basically the Sheriff of Nottingham, or the old Central European robber baron…
> DEA units assigned to patrol 15 of the nation’s busiest airports seized more than $209 million in cash from at least 5,200 people over the past decade after concluding the money was linked to drug trafficking So was it drug money or not?
They'll never know if it was drug money. Some probably is, but I'm sure some is not.
Re: DEA regularly mines Americans' travel records to seize millions in cash
#9> Federal drug agents regularly mine Americans’ travel information to profile people who might be ferrying money for narcotics traffickers — though they almost never use what they learn to make arrests or build criminal cases. > Instead, that targeting has helped the Drug Enforcement Administration seize a small fortune in cash. So, they're basically the Sheriff of Nottingham, or the old Central European robber baron…
> DEA units assigned to patrol 15 of the nation’s busiest airports seized more than $209 million in cash from at least 5,200 people over the past decade after concluding the money was linked to drug trafficking So was it drug money or not?
It's easy for them to conclude, with no due process. They just say so, take the money, and leave you having to file suit and fight the government to get your own money back.
Asset forfeiture is more of a travesty than money "laundering" being a crime is.
The sicker part is that it's just admitting that their justice system is so broken that they wouldn't be able to get convictions against these "criminals" otherwise.
Re: DEA regularly mines Americans' travel records to seize millions in cash
#10> Federal drug agents regularly mine Americans’ travel information to profile people who might be ferrying money for narcotics traffickers — though they almost never use what they learn to make arrests or build criminal cases. > Instead, that targeting has helped the Drug Enforcement Administration seize a small fortune in cash. So, they're basically the Sheriff of Nottingham, or the old Central European robber baron…
> DEA units assigned to patrol 15 of the nation’s busiest airports seized more than $209 million in cash from at least 5,200 people over the past decade after concluding the money was linked to drug trafficking So was it drug money or not?
Of course it was drug money, It was seized.