Woman Arrested at Toronto Airport Had 10,000 Diamonds Hidden in Body

THE GLOBE AND MAIL ^ | February 21, 2013 | by Tu Thanh Ha

[Cindy]

SNIPPET: "The arrest of a woman accused of hiding more than 10,000 diamonds inside her body when she landed at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport comes amid warnings that Canada is one of the countries where illicit diamonds have been used for money laundering."

SNIPPET: "The woman had landed at Pearson on a Feb. 3 flight from Trinidad and Tobago, when she came to the attention of a Canada Border Services Agency officer, according to CBSA spokeswoman Vanessa Barrasa.

The RCMP said the woman was found to have carried 10,202 stones inside her.

The 1,500 carats (about 300 grams) of rough diamonds have an estimated value of $398,000, the RCMP said.

Helena Freida Bodner, a 66-year-old foreign national, was charged with four customs offences and two counts under the Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act."

SNIPPET: "Trinidad is not a diamond-mining country. The nearest sources of the precious stones would be Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana."

SNIPPET: "A similar scheme is outlined in a report released last month by the Financial Action Task Force, a Paris-based intergovernmental body that sets standards and promotes anti-laundering reforms.

The report identified Canada as one of countries that have seen major criminal cases where diamonds were used as a currency in the narcotics trade, money laundering and terrorism financing."

[PAR35]

If you didn’t like that comment, perhaps you’ll consider this one on point. You are what we call a ‘Fair Traitor’. You probably voted for Bush (all of them).

[from occupied ga]

You are what we call a ‘Fair Traitor’.

And you are what I call an ignorant government shill. Or perhsps "low information voter." Or both. Yes definitely both.

[SgtHooper]

I am not at all saying the govey needs funding. I am saying that generally people who attempt to hide enormous amounts of cash, valuables, etc., at a border crossing, need to be caught and investigated for criminal activity that may affect the general welfare of the US populace. If ultimately, the person can prove it is legally their own, ok, pay the fine for not declaring, and move on. Hiding 10,000 diamonds smacks of something that is highly illegal, and probably stolen, converted from laundered contraband, etc., things that would be illegal, and affect other peoples lives.

Based on your dual taxation argument, I get it! I agree with you. Screw the govey and their taxation nonsense.