Got valuables? Carry them on plane when traveling at Boryspil
http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/29406/by Yuliya Popova, Kyiv Post Staff Writer
Aug 13 2008, 21:53
Many travelers to and from Boryspil International Airport find their valuables are missing when they open their suitcases.
Travelers call them airport vultures.
Police dub them luggage thieves. But whatever their name, they work at Boryspil International Airport checking out your bags after you check them in.
“Every third bag was pilfered, every single flight was checked, and only one percent of these incidents were investigated,” prosecutor Eduard Shevchenko said in describing the massive scope of fraud in the nation’s largest international airport.
Major air carriers in Ukraine reported more than 11,000 thefts in 2007. Police, however, registered just 578 incidents for the same period of time. They opened criminal proceedings only in nine cases. After an investigation exposed the staggering difference in reported thefts between the airlines and police, the General Prosecutor’s Office last month busted a police squad and six luggage handlers.
“I was waiting 45 minutes for my suitcase,” said Kateryna Koval, a victim of baggage looting after arriving in Ukraine from a recent trip to Istanbul. “What do you think they were doing all this time? They were pulling things out and now an airport handler somewhere is one camera richer!”
Celebrities, prominent businessmen, ambassadors and even students–all have fallen prey to luggage thieves. Passengers reported cameras, jewelry, laptops and other valuables missing from their checked in cargo after crossing a Ukrainian border.
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What did i Write on Here Months Ago!!!
"A Word of Warning about TSA Locks,Only use them if going to USA,
ALL Customs have Keys to them and some
cases have been opened/goods Stolen when Checked in(Borispol), to the time they are Loaded on to the Airplane (2 Hours for them).
I Use Combination Locks,sometimes an Electrical Cable Tie Aswell !!."
I Would also like to Add that some Security Men with X-Ray scanners have marked(Chalk?) Cases where to be Slashed and Taped back up so the Valuables can be Stolen.
