Airport Security

©National Geographic
Airport Security

Synopsis

From dusk till dawn, security personnel at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport, Italy’s busiest, battle drug trafficking, illegal immigration, and shoplifting.

Episodes

  • Drug Cash Carriers

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    At Rome's Fiumicino Airport, police thwart a group smuggling drug money to Africa. Agents then stop a woman with a suspicious bundle strapped to her body, and a man travelling without a passport.

  • Holy Smuggler

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    Agents stop a student who claims he's here to visit the Vatican, but packages sewn into his shirt suggest otherwise. Later, an Albanian family is caught travelling on fake passports.

  • To Rome With Love

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    Agents question a man who says he is travelling to Rome to meet the woman he loves, but agents find a not-so-romantic surprise in his underwear. Later, a father and son are caught with fake passports.

  • Cocaine Pajamas

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    At Italy’s busiest airport, police seize cocaine soaked in pajamas and hidden in a stuffed animal. Passengers are stopped at immigration.

  • Saints And Sinners

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    Italian Police stop a man trying to smuggle heroin and search a passenger arriving from London. All on the day the Pope arrives at Fiumicino!

  • Drug Dealing DJ

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    At Rome’s Fiumicino Airport, agents put pressure on a DJ and a dancer. Later, two passengers claim to not know one another, but footage from the airport surveillance monitors suggests otherwise.

  • A Special Package

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    At Rome’s Fiumicino Airport, anti-narcotics police detain an Italian gigolo to conduct a thorough body search. Later, security forces jump into action to investigate a potential bomb threat.

  • Hidden Heroin

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    Agents stop a man with cocaine hidden in his suitcase, and a woman carrying items soaked with cocaine. Later, when a passenger tests positive for explosives, officers jump into action.

  • Airport Security 8 (Rome)

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    From dusk till dawn, security personnel at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport, Italy’s busiest, battle drug trafficking, illegal immigration, and shoplifting.