jdoe wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:07:18 -0700, Scott en Aztlán
> wrote:
>
>
>>George Max said in rec.travel.air:
>>
>>
>>>On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:24:16 GMT, "Alohacyberian"
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Gary L. Dare" wrote in message
>>>>news:ecr7r1$bam$1@e250.ripco.com...
>>>>
>>>>>George Max wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>What's the deal now with the safety of the contents of checked luggage
>>>>>>as relates to air travel? What I'm talking about is theft.
>>>>>
>>>>>Check this out ... members of the Chicago Police
>>>>>Department and the US military have been getting
>>>>>guns stolen out of checked luggage ...
>>>>>
>>>>>http://cbs2chicago.com/seenon/local_story_226170357.html
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Here in Hawaii a guy had 13,000 stolen from his backpack. The perpetrator
>>>>was caught and will be charged and the victim got some of his money back.
>>>>KM
>>>
>>>Ooooo.. Got SOME of his money back. I'll bet he feels SO much
>>>better.
>>
>>He's damn lucky the cops didn't confiscate ALL of the cash under the
>>RICO statute and throw his dumb ass in the slammer. I mean, what sort
>>of idiot walks around with that kind of cash, much less checks it
>>while on a flight?
>
> are you talking out of your butt again? there is no law against
> carrying 13k cash, except if you are exporting the cash, and then only
> if you are exporting over 10k cash
There is no law against exporting over 10K in cash. |