did i understand your writing correctly?:
when You arrive at the Las Americas Airport in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, you get your stuff searched by 2 American Guys???
Mike
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did i understand your writing correctly?:
when You arrive at the Las Americas Airport in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, you get your stuff searched by 2 American Guys???
Mike
Yes, sorry I try to keep these posts short. When I arrived at SDQ I was pulled to the side and two American guys searched my luggage and had a lot of questions concerning me carrying over 10K in cash. Two of my friends arrived a day before I did and was also searched and questioned by the same two guys. They searched our bags and questioned us; it all took about 15 minutes. Never knew who they were. I just wanted to get on my way. They acted like US Federal law enforcement.
Difficult To Tell
According to PICHARDO's post the English language proficiency of Dominicans makes it very difficult to tell...
donP
According to PICHARDO's post the English language proficiency of Dominicans makes it very difficult to tell...
donP
..???
And u just let 2 guys check ure 10 grand in cash without even asking for ID ?? Lucky to have got to keep ure $$.
According to PICHARDO's post the English language proficiency of Dominicans makes it very difficult to tell...
donP
Hehehehehe.....
this is the DR and no american law enforcement can do anything to you without local authorities present.
no uniforms? no ID's?
and youlet them search your stuff and show your cash??
Mike
America has more control in different countries around the world than one might think.
From operation Cobra Gold
on the streets of Thailand, to the airports of the Caribbean. The FBI/ DEA can and do pretty much whatever they
feel like doing when it comes to American citizens, NO MATTER WHAT COUNTRY THEY ARE IN.
Welcome to the 21st century.
but even when doing their BS totheir american citizens in a foreign country i would guess they present themselfs/tell who they are, show some kinda ID.
who would a stranger let search his luggage and show a stranger any sum of cash etc?
Mike
who would a stranger let search his luggage and show a stranger any sum of cash etc?
Mike
If you are going to bring guns into another country illegally and you get caught you deserve to be thrown in jail. If for no other reason, so that people like myself who moved down here to get away from stupid Americans don't get stuck having to deal with them when they arrive.
thats fully agreed on. guns, drugs and other illegal stuff in the luggage, take those guys out and lock them away.
Mike
Mike
Next time you go through customs refuse their request to have your baggage searched.
Many years ago I attended an International Conference on Money Laundering. One of the American speakers said they consider they have jurisdiction wherever the dollar is used (or passes through) which is just about everywhere. All dollars belong to The USA and they will defend it as they wish. At the end he was discussing with an Australian guy how they could help his government with a problem.
In view of the amount of dollars flowing through the DR I guess they do just about whatever they want.
The alphabet soup agencies from the US are all represented here in force. The DEA & FBI operate with a degree of autonomy that surprises me as well as in joint DR operations. Your CIA/NSA spooks are less visible but can be seen if you shine a light into the right dark corner. The US Marshals have a fugitive contingent stationed here. The coast guard has dedicated docking berths. The US military is stationed here for "training purposes" as is their equipment can we say DRONES?
The US has direct access to immigration records and real time flight manifests as well as banking records (and thanks to FACTA so does the IRS stateside). I am sure these agencies have access to a lot more than we will ever know and operate with the same ease as if one was standing in downtown Happyland Oklahoma. Your obligation to comply with the requests of US authorities here when not accompanied by their DR counterparts is questionable. Refusing to comply would probably prompt the arrival of a DR uniform in short order and would certainly create a note o\in your file somewhere prompting even more scrutiny in the future. Thankfully, US authorities around the world still tend to focus on US citizens for their poop & scoop operations unless drugs, money laundering or that all to nebulous "terrorism suspicion" come into play.
The US has direct access to immigration records and real time flight manifests as well as banking records (and thanks to FACTA so does the IRS stateside). I am sure these agencies have access to a lot more than we will ever know and operate with the same ease as if one was standing in downtown Happyland Oklahoma. Your obligation to comply with the requests of US authorities here when not accompanied by their DR counterparts is questionable. Refusing to comply would probably prompt the arrival of a DR uniform in short order and would certainly create a note o\in your file somewhere prompting even more scrutiny in the future. Thankfully, US authorities around the world still tend to focus on US citizens for their poop & scoop operations unless drugs, money laundering or that all to nebulous "terrorism suspicion" come into play.
90% of the time? I fly into las americas a LOT. As in 30 times per year more or less. 10% is more like it and only if I have really big suitcases or a box. 90% I am just waved through.