(248) Defeat Dishonest Baggage Handlers

How to defeat dishonest baggage handlers. You be amazed at how quickly someone can open your suitcase, rip off your stuff, then close the suitcase WITH NO SIGN they were ever in it! Baggage handlers in South Africa were first caught on video using this technique about a year ago, and the trick has spread around the world faster than a plague. From my personal experience while traveling for work for the USG to different countries in Africa (Burundi, Kenya, DRC, ROC, Namibia, S. Africa, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Liberia, and Mali), I’ve lost countless items from my checked baggage. Our equipment cases are often tampered with or damaged in attempts to gain entry. Fortunately, we have not had any equipment cases breached yet. Team suitcases have been pried or sliced open dozens of times. Arriving in Kenya once in a direct flight from France, my suitase was “lost“ for several hours. It later arrived at the hotel broken open and with the garment bag containing my suits missing, complete with a pair of dress sho