German Busted With Drugs At Hiroshima Airport

[Mulboyne]

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Thank God there are no Japanese drug smugglers and it's only vile foreigners that do that sort of shit....

[Mulboyne]

Thank God there are no Japanese drug smugglers and it's only vile foreigners that do that sort of shit....

It does seem that the main time you hear about Japanese smugglers being arrested is when they have been caught abroad and are facing execution.

[FG Lurker]

It does seem that the main time you hear about Japanese smugglers being arrested is when they have been caught abroad and are facing execution.

Do Japanese Customs scan all baggage coming into Japan, or just those belonging to pesky gaijin? (ie Are they profiling and therefore not scanning (m)any Japanese-owned bags?)

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Do Japanese Customs scan all baggage coming into Japan, or just those belonging to pesky gaijin? (ie Are they profiling and therefore not scanning (m)any Japanese-owned bags?)

Are you serious? Everyone knows Japanese don't smuggle drugs. Japanese hate drugs, even evil marijuana. Why would you check a Japanese bag when Japanese don't touch drugs? Sheesh.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Do Japanese Customs scan all baggage coming into Japan, or just those belonging to pesky gaijin? (ie Are they profiling and therefore not scanning (m)any Japanese-owned bags?)

Coming back from a winter vacation in Thailand back on my JET days a British friend happened to have the same flight back as me so we went through customs together. They opened our bags, searched through everything and asked us if we did any drugs while we were in Thailand. While this was happening they just waved some Japanese fake rasta-hippy through without even asking him a single question. I remember thinking they ought to search that guy's didgeridoo if they really want to find some drugs.

[Mulboyne]

I'm sure they do stop Japanese - there was that story about girls being used as unwitting mules - but I can't remember too many reports about arrests or prosecutions.

[Mulboyne]

In Sapporo, A Taiwanese man has been sentenced to 7 years and fined 3 million yen for drug smuggling. He's the first foreigner in Hokkaido to go through a lay judge trial on that charge.

Source (Japanese)

[Screwed Up Eyes]

In Sapporo, A Taiwanese man has been sentenced to 7 years and fined 3 million yen for drug smuggling. He's the first foreigner in Hokkaido to go through a lay judge trial on that charge.

Source (Japanese)

I noticed that the lay judge is saying the defendant didn't understand the subtle nuances of Japanese as he was being tried through an intepreter...glad to see the element of doubt still allowed for her panel to pass down a guilty verdict; don't want any more of that gaijin shit on the streets...

[Mulboyne]

Here's some hard data:

Mainichi: Mules apprehended for drug smuggling enticed by offers of 'easy work'

Many people apprehended in Japan for smuggling illegal stimulants across national borders are lay persons who agree to serve as couriers for crime organizations in return for money, a National Police Agency (NPA) survey has found.

Between 2009 and June 2010, 181 people were arrested or reported to prosecutors for transporting drugs by plane. Of these, 61 were either Japanese nationals or special permanent residents, of whom the NPA was able to collect data on 38 men and 12 women. The NPA analyzed the data of these 50 people, 22 of whom were employed, one was a student, and 27 were unemployed. Forty-two had no previous records involving drugs.

Testimony provided by the subjects about the events that led up to their smuggling indicate that they were enticed by the promise of "easy work," including: "I was approached about a job that would pay 500,000 yen just by taking a trip abroad, travel expenses included," "I was offered a job that entailed bringing a suitcase back from Malaysia, and I agreed to do it because I needed money to run my company," "I was told that something was hidden in the lining of a bag, and that it would not show up in X-ray inspections."

The subjects received offers for smuggling jobs through a variety of connections, such as former colleagues, people they dated, older students they knew in junior high, and those they became acquainted with in prison. Of the 36 who went to trial and received sentences, 29 were sentenced to prison for seven years or more.

"Many couriers lack the awareness that they are contributing to the distribution of stimulants, and take jobs all too easily," an NPA official said. "People need to be aware that they are committing serious crimes."

The Asahi has a graph illustrating the trend. Light blue = drug smuggling cases; Dark blue = mules smuggling drugs by plane.

[2triky]

Risking imprisonment for a mere 500,000 yen...ridiculous.

[Coligny]

Here's some hard data:

Mainichi: Mules apprehended for drug smuggling enticed by offers of 'easy work'


The Asahi has a graph illustrating the trend. Light blue = drug smuggling cases]http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghost/9794ce669f387290.jpg[/IMG]

I think the guy who did this graph(*) went to the same school as this one:



Or me jooly... proofreading her powerpoint slides always end up with strong doubts for the future of mankind...


(*) This graph is not that wrong, but it would not take a lot of work to improve it considerably...

[davai-davai IV]

Oh!Eh! Le Parisien, read the latestEnquete du commisaire Magret