Stop! Border Control: Roma Fiumicino — Season 1, Episode 5: Greetings from Amsterdam / Pickpockets at the Airport

Episode synopsis

(1) Greetings from Amsterdam: Agents arrest a young Italian man after discovering that he has been making multiple trips to Amsterdam. The contents of his luggage will bring the passenger's full story to light. A tourist from London arrives in Rome without a visa and is denied entry. The situation becomes complicated when the woman requests to be sent home not to London, but to Chicago. An Italian passenger returns to Rome after visiting her brother in Milan; her arrival draws the attention of police officers. (2) Pickpockets at the Airport: Criminal investigators arrest a private pilot returning from Amsterdam. They suspect he is a courier employed by drug traffickers. A young Pakistani man is arrested by U.I.F. agents after they notice something suspicious in his documents. A passenger has stolen items from the duty-free shop, and U.I.F. agents are hot on his trail.

About Stop! Border Control: Roma Fiumicino

In this series, we'll travel through the terminals of Rome Fumicino Airport to uncover the incredible techniques drug trafficking networks use to send massive shipments of drugs to the rest of the world.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Pizza Maker with the Special Flour / The Suspicious Family Photo with a Filling
• E2Danger in a Powder Jar / All for His Girlfriend
• E3On the Trail of Chili Peppers / Peculiar Bars of Soap
• E4Fans in a Football Frenzy and a Deep Clean on the Sailboat / Mysterious Mask Deals and Burned Dogs
• E6Sometimes, powdered milk really is just powdered milk / A somewhat unusual operation