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00:09Tonight, on Border Security...
00:11Who gave this to you?
00:13Three.
00:13Three men arrive with clues in all their bags.
00:17The one at the end, the hat.
00:19He gave you this, did he?
00:20It may prove one thing.
00:22There's something going on.
00:23I'm sorry, that's the rules.
00:24It's not negotiable.
00:26Ma'am?
00:26A search ends with a dramatic walkout.
00:29Ma'am, come back.
00:30And officers think this laptop hides evidence of a massive scam.
00:34Do it.
00:34Just ask if there's anything in it.
00:36But the passenger claims he's innocent.
00:39He told me before it's your laptop.
00:55It's the morning rush hour at Melbourne's International Airport.
00:59And Customs and Border Protection officers have taken aside three men for questioning and a bag inspection.
01:06We have three Indonesian gentlemen all travelling together, okay?
01:10In initial chatting with them, the pride of them coming down here.
01:13We're a little bit concerned with the stories that they're given.
01:15They claim to be here looking for schools for their children to come here and study at.
01:19Some of the cities that they plan to visit to look for those schools seems a bit unusual.
01:24So we'll chat to them, have a look through their bags, see what else we can find and go from
01:29there.
01:30Why Ballarat or Bendigo?
01:32Just the information that I've got for the school.
01:35You send your daughter to school in Australia.
01:38You must have been saving for quite a long time.
01:41I already saved my money for two or three years.
01:45Yeah? How much do you have saved?
01:48Officers want to establish if these men have the means to send their children to school here.
01:55Sorry, I can travel, you know?
01:57Because that's a lot of money to spend, like, for your child to come to school here.
02:02Yeah.
02:02I want to have a good education.
02:05Here, if I send my kid here, at least they can make good English.
02:08So far, during the bag search, officers haven't found any paperwork relating to Australian schools.
02:14But Officer Geoff wants to know why this passenger would need these.
02:19Unusual clothes?
02:20Yes.
02:21For summer?
02:24For summer?
02:29For summer?
02:32For summer?
02:33For summer?
02:33For summer?
02:33At Melbourne Airport, two Australian citizens returning from China say they're not carrying
02:39any food.
02:40But the X-ray of their bag tells a different story.
02:47This bag's just come through the X-ray.
02:49As you can see off the image, there's a lot of organic matter in that bag.
02:52We'll now have a look in the bag to ascertain what is in there.
02:55What's in this one?
02:57What's in this one?
02:58Food?
02:59Food?
03:00You said you had no food.
03:06Seafood?
03:07Dried fish?
03:09And what's this one?
03:11The officer has found candied fruit, seaweed and traditional Chinese snacks, none of which
03:18have been declared.
03:23food?
03:24Look how much food you have.
03:26You've got one, two, three bags of food.
03:31That's a lot of food.
03:32Food?
03:33Food?
03:35Food?
03:36Food?
03:38Food?
03:40Food?
03:41At Brisbane Airport, officers are about to talk to a passenger off a flight from New
03:45Zealand, who has ticked yes to criminal convictions.
03:50He says he's here to see his girlfriend, but officers want to know more about his story.
03:56I've continued to have a holiday with my girlfriend.
03:58This is just to rekindle our relationship really, because we haven't been with each other
04:03for two and a half years.
04:04Are there plans for marriage or anything on those lines?
04:07No, that's the plan of this trip.
04:08Okay.
04:09Have you been to Australia before?
04:11No.
04:11This is the first time?
04:12Yep.
04:14The first time I've been on a plane, I want to rewind it again and go for another word.
04:18Okay.
04:19What is your occupation back home?
04:20I'm a musician.
04:22I run one band in my hand and I play for four others.
04:25Would they be a mainstream band that we're likely to have heard of, or are they like a
04:31religious orientated music?
04:32One's a gospel band.
04:34I play for a cosplay as well.
04:35Yes.
04:35And they are serving police officers?
04:37Okay, then.
04:38One of them was the detective that signed that thing.
04:40He seems to be a responsible and respectful citizen now, but he has a violent past that
04:46may prevent him from being allowed to cross the border and reunite with his girlfriend.
05:03It's unusual clothes?
05:06Yes.
05:07For summer?
05:08No.
05:08I bring this one.
05:10I remember when four years ago I came and getting cold.
05:14Getting cold?
05:15Yes.
05:16So I think for this moment, same.
05:19Wow.
05:21I have a face mask too.
05:22You have that as well?
05:23Yeah, yeah.
05:24Oh, okay.
05:24Last time I travel, I use that one.
05:26Oh, did you?
05:27Okay.
05:28Well, it's just a bit unusual then.
05:29Officer Jody has noticed a few inconsistencies with the man's story.
05:36See what's going on, sir?
05:38Well, at first he said he was here to look for a school for his kid, right?
05:41That's what we're doing.
05:42He's told he's 10.
05:43Yeah.
05:44He's not going to high school, like, next year.
05:46Because that's what he originally said.
05:47So I don't believe him.
05:49There's something going on.
05:51See, I still don't think you're telling me the real reason for your trip here.
05:54Okay.
05:55I want to make business.
05:56I'm trying to sell, like, a trip to Australia for the study in Australia.
06:01That's why I need to find out in Valerat and Bendigo.
06:03How much is the high school?
06:06What does it take for them to...
06:08Now it seems the passenger has changed his story.
06:12And that casts further doubts of his real intentions for being here.
06:17Maximum $1,000 if I lose it, that's it.
06:19The rest is for my trip.
06:20Initially coming here to look for schools for their children.
06:23Now I've got one of the Indonesian gentlemen saying that he's coming here to look to actually
06:27sell trips for families that want to bring their children here to study.
06:31So I'm still a bit concerned with the stories that they're telling me.
06:46In Sydney, Customs and Border Protection Officer Gareth has taken this traveller aside for questioning.
06:55He needs a glass of water.
06:57He's asking.
06:58No, you want some water?
06:59Yes, I may want smoke and cigarette.
07:01Okay.
07:01A keenest spot for my to go down.
07:03I kept questioning as to what were you going to do here.
07:06He couldn't name any sites, didn't know what he was going to do.
07:11Eventually he said he just wants to go to the beach and go to the cinema.
07:15During the initial questioning he seemed to be able to speak English.
07:19But then he asked for a translator.
07:22He says that he's worked in the UK for four years.
07:27But he doesn't speak any English, which I think is strange.
07:31He says he speaks really minimal English.
07:33He's asking why he got his friend Ivan to get his ticket.
07:46He asked his friend Ivan to help him pay for my ticket because he didn't have enough money.
07:536,000.
07:54About 6,000 pounds he lent.
07:57He has borrowed almost 11,000 Australian dollars just to get here.
08:02But he doesn't seem to have any plans.
08:05And now officers want to frisk him.
08:08You got me to tell him, they just got to read the card.
08:11Yeah, just as simple as he might be carrying something on his body.
08:13So we're going to detain him.
08:14They're thinking, maybe you have something in your body.
08:17You can do the exam, you don't have to do much more.
08:20He says you can do the exam, that's fine.
08:22Yeah.
08:23One, two.
08:24This officer will do the frisk.
08:26Okay.
08:27Yep, okay.
08:28Stand in front of me, legs apart, arms out.
08:45Immigration has received police records of a New Zealand passenger which indicate his past is very different to his current
08:53life.
08:53As a church musician.
08:55He's been convicted of crimes in New Zealand.
08:58And I'm just about to go and talk to him about those and learn some more about those crimes.
09:05Okay.
09:06Accessory after the fact of manslaughter.
09:08Can you talk to me about that?
09:09It was a gang related when I used to be in gangs.
09:12Okay.
09:13When did you join a gang?
09:15At the age of 16.
09:17It was just a fight that went out of control and the guy just got killed in it.
09:22Was anyone else sentenced to that as well?
09:24Three other guys.
09:27Also in 88, resist police, convicted and sentenced to imprisonment to one month.
09:32Okay.
09:32Was that again sort of related to the gang?
09:34Anything that's back from that date was when I was doing a gang.
09:38Because I do notice since your last offence, you've had a pretty clear history since then.
09:43You're looking at close to 13 years.
09:45Okay.
09:47What interests me mainly is terms of imprisonment.
09:51Okay.
09:52Australia has a character regulation in our act which is if you've been sentenced to greater than 12 months worth
09:58of imprisonment,
09:59you face not being allowed to come to Australia.
10:02Okay.
10:03So, when I've added up all of yours, they actually come to about three years.
10:08I've been trying to clean my act up.
10:11And you know, all this will pass.
10:12It's always going to catch up with you.
10:13Obviously, it is delayed.
10:22Three men claim they are heading to Bendigo and Ballarat to research schools for their children.
10:28But officers have made a discovery that may prove this is not the case.
10:34What's this about?
10:36What's the fish shop?
10:38Fish shop.
10:38Chris.
10:39I plan to open a fish shop too.
10:43I've been once in Bendigo training there for one week just to...
10:47So, you've been training in a fish shop in Bendigo?
10:49It's not working because I'm not allowed to work.
10:51At the other bench, the search continues.
10:54And officers have uncovered what may be the final piece of the puzzle.
10:59Where have you got all these documents?
11:02A lot of this relates to working holidays and finding work whilst in Australia.
11:09Can you explain that?
11:10I just got the copy from my friend.
11:13Who gave this to you?
11:14Who gave this to you?
11:15From the agent and my friend.
11:17The agent?
11:18And your friend.
11:19Which friend?
11:20Which friend?
11:21The one up at the end?
11:24The hat?
11:24So he gave you this, did he?
11:26Officers now have enough evidence which could suggest the men are here to work.
11:30The evidence in their bags would indicate to me that they are a high risk for illegally working and not
11:37abiding by their visa conditions.
11:39What we'll do now is we'll refer them up to immigration and let immigration have the final say.
12:09As you can see it's a big, big bag here that I'm going through and as I'm going through it
12:14more and more food's coming out.
12:16And it's all undeclared so she hasn't ticked yes for food.
12:19Quarantine officers continue to find food throughout the bags of a couple returning from China.
12:25What's in this box?
12:28So there's more food in here.
12:31None of the food is prohibited but because she has failed to declare anything, quarantine has only one choice.
12:39If you didn't know this amount of food was all in your bag, I'd just find that a bit hard
12:45to understand.
12:47So today I'm going to fine you $110 for not declaring this food here, okay?
12:53I'm sorry, that's the rules.
12:55It's not negotiable, it's $110.
12:57It's not negotiable, it's set by the government, it's $110.
13:02Okay, you get to keep all the food but it's a $110 fine.
13:05Her attempt at negotiating hasn't worked so the passenger thinks she can just walk away from the deal.
13:12And her partner.
13:14Ma'am, come back.
13:15Ma'am?
13:18Ma'am?
13:28In Brisbane Immigration, officers need to work out if this ex-con should be allowed to cross the border, to
13:35rekindle a relationship with his girlfriend.
13:39with gangs in New Zealand and as part of the gangs he got involved in fight and apparently
13:44one of the fights got out of control and someone was killed and he along with three other people
13:49were charged with manslaughter. At this stage we've got a lot to weigh up you know the serious
13:53nature of crime on one hand and perhaps a relationship and prospective marriage on the
13:57other. Bernie said he started hanging around with a gang when he was about 16 so they were
14:02about 1978 and these offences occurred shortly thereafter. What's his reason for coming to
14:08Australia? He's come to Australia to see his girlfriend. He's been in a relationship with
14:12a lady who lives in Australia so he's come across he hasn't seen her for the better part of two
14:18and a
14:18half years. But he's in a relationship? He's been just talking to her constantly. He's got quite an extensive criminal
14:27history. He has. It's just ongoing up until only a couple of years ago and I don't see any compelling
14:34or compassionate reasons.
14:39Now officer Matt has to break the news to the passenger. Unfortunately the news for you is not so good
14:47in that you today don't meet the requirements to come to Australia because you're extensive criminal history and what that
14:56means is that I'm about to give you a notice of refusal.
15:01This is shocking. This is shocking. You can see in my record that I've been at a job for 13
15:05years.
15:06Well.
15:07That's the man who's trying to get his head together.
15:10And this is you travel all the way here 300 miles just get this dumped in your face.
15:19I'm just pissed off.
15:45This passenger stormed off after receiving a quarantine fine
15:50for undeclared food.
15:52Just need to pop back over here man.
15:54Just need to come over here for a moment.
15:56Just need to come over here.
15:58You don't want to.
16:00You don't want to.
16:02Ma'am it's set by the government.
16:04It's not a retail price.
16:05There's no room for negotiation.
16:06It's $110.
16:08If the food was not permitted
16:10I would be prosecuting you and taking you to court.
16:14That's alright man.
16:15You don't have to write it.
16:16I'll still fine you.
16:17If you refuse to pay we'll take you to court.
16:20You want to take this issue to court and see a judge?
16:22I don't know.
16:23You don't know?
16:24I don't know.
16:25You don't want to talk to me?
16:26I don't want to.
16:27Do you want to talk to me or do you want to talk to someone else?
16:30Talk to me.
16:30You don't want to talk to me?
16:32I'll get my supervisor.
16:33I'll explain the issue for you.
16:34Okay?
16:36Supervisor Jose explains again
16:38that she can either pay the fine or head to court.
16:42She's saying that she doesn't understand, she's tired, she just wants to get out.
16:47Also, although she signed the card, she doesn't understand what she's signed.
16:51They're the usual roadblocks we get.
16:53And as you can see, she's sitting over there at the moment.
16:55She's just decided to have a few minutes out while she considers her options.
16:59Look, she can sit over there for as long as she likes.
17:01It's not going to change the action we're going to take.
17:19At Sydney Airport, officers have completed a frisk search of this man
17:23and nothing has been found.
17:27Now officers turn their attention to the passenger's luggage
17:31and they decide to x-ray his laptop.
17:35What we have here is we're x-raying a laptop
17:37that a passenger just brought through.
17:40And looking at the x-ray, we just had to zoom it up
17:41because there's a couple of odd components to it.
17:43The laptop only has four batteries connected.
17:47Most laptops have six or one new cell with the new batteries.
17:50So that's odd in itself.
17:51And there's a few different overlapping bits.
17:53If I can emphasise that, so you can actually see the slots.
17:56So there's one, two, three, and that's possibly a fourth slot in there.
18:00So we're definitely going to have to open this one
18:01so we'll look at it.
18:02The laptop is passed on to Officer Vic,
18:05who will deconstruct the computer
18:07to determine whether there is anything concealed inside.
18:10Just ask him if there's anything in it.
18:13He wants to announce.
18:16If he says no, then we'll still deconstruct it.
18:18But just give him a chance.
18:21And if he's got any idea what might be in it.
18:23Yeah, OK.
18:25Just tell him if he knows.
18:26Is there anything in there?
18:27Um, vocĂȘ tem alguma coisa dentro do computador?
18:31I guess I don't know.
18:33Nothing he knows, all right.
18:34OK, so we're going to open it up
18:35so that we're going to open it and have a look inside, OK?
18:37Open it back up.
18:38I'll open it up.
18:40He said, all right, as long as you don't break it.
18:43As long as you don't break it.
18:45The laptop is carefully taken apart
18:47and officers discover something
18:49the passenger may have trouble explaining.
19:15This woman is still refusing to cooperate with quarantine officers.
19:20They've issued her with a $110 fine that she doesn't want to pay.
19:27He's very tired, yes, and the sooner we can resolve this situation,
19:30the sooner you can go home,
19:31the sooner you pay the $110, the sooner you'll be free to leave.
19:35What we did was just explain it to her again,
19:37that it's a $110 fine, otherwise we can take it further.
19:41And when we explained that in detail,
19:43she suddenly changed her mind and decided she'd pay the $110 fine.
19:47We often come across this sort of thing.
19:49Sometimes it's cultural, but this lady lives here.
19:51She's understanding.
19:52She knows what goes on.
19:53So it's just a matter of explaining to her
19:55the importance of what quarantine is
19:57and having her pay the fine.
19:59All right, that's all yours.
20:01You can go.
20:04Bye.
20:14Officers at Sydney Airport are deconstructing a passenger's laptop
20:18after an X-ray showed some anomalies,
20:21and their suspicions have proven to be correct.
20:25There we are.
20:26Oh, they're scared of the readers.
20:28Yeah.
20:31What we've got is the actual readers
20:33for when you put your swipe card in or your credit card in.
20:37This is the piece that goes in the ATM.
20:39You'd get your card, slide your card in.
20:42They set them up and they just put them into an ordinary ATM,
20:45and then they'll sit off the side of it
20:47with a computer and a Bluetooth set-up,
20:51and they'll just record each time you put your card in there
20:54and then just swipe it.
20:56So they'll record all your details.
20:57The little camera will pick up your PIN number,
21:00and then they'll just rip you off.
21:02I'll just go to the camera.
21:04I'll just go to the camera.
21:05I'll just go to the camera.
21:06I'll just go to the camera.
21:07I'll just go to the camera.
21:08That's why he left his bag down the bottom.
21:10Yeah, exactly.
21:11Officers confront the passenger,
21:13but he denies any knowledge of the illegal devices.
21:17He's saying that he does not know what's in there.
21:19But it's your laptop.
21:20You told me before it's your laptop.
21:31What we're going to do is pack all your stuff up.
21:34We're going to go to a room, okay?
21:36And then the AFP will come and talk to you.
22:10Next week on Border Security.
22:12This man was living a life of crime.
22:15What's changed?
22:16I met the right girl.
22:17And the discovery of a mysterious substance...
22:20That's what they're worried about, the yellow star.
22:22...puts officers on the highest alert.
22:29That's Border Security.
22:30Okay.
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