Justice?! Schapelle Corby

[Sniper]

She got into trouble, her fault, I have no comment

[Biff]

She got into trouble, her fault, I have no comment

But you just did!

not much different from the so-called 'terrorism' in middle-east?:

Excellent point. If a Middle Eastern organisation had sent the package to the embassy it probably would have been labelled a terrorist attack and every racist, intolerant prick from here to Washington, London and most of the western world would be up in arms claiming all Muslims should be hung bla, blah, blah. But it was probably sent by a harmless, peace loving, white person, so the world is a nice and fluffy place.

[Lou Girardin]

I wonder if the people referring to Corby's past are confusing her name with Darryl Sorby of Mr Asia notoriety.

[Skyryder]

Otherwise she will be forgotten by the enraged Australians almost immediately the triggers have been pulled on the Bali Nine; to emerge again in 20 years time on the cover of Woman's Day and New Idea.

Don't underestimate the power of the Australian goss mags. They were instramental in getting Linda (Lindy) Chamberalin off.


Skyryder

[Skyryder]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4598419.stm

Ok - fess up.

Not me.


Skyryder

[Hitcher]

Don't underestimate the power of the Australian goss mags. They were instramental in getting Linda (Lindy) Chamberalin off.


Skyryder

There were some significant deficiencies in the prosecution's case too that helped, eventually. Don't forget that Lindy did go to jail for a while too.

[gav]

OK, lets say the dope was planted, who would plant it and where? How would they recover it? Do they do this on a regular basis? What happens, someone comes up to her after she's left the airport,"Hang on Miss, just want to get my drugs out of your boogie board bag"?

[Biff]

OK, lets say the dope was planted, who would plant it and where? How would they recover it? Do they do this on a regular basis? What happens, someone comes up to her after she's left the airport,"Hang on Miss, just want to get my drugs out of your boogie board bag"?

A 'bird' once told me it can work in one of several ways:

a) The item in which the drugs are in is stolen upon arrival at its intended destination. With or without force. The original item, a boogie board for example, being swapped for a 'dodgy' item somewhere along the lines. This method is possibly the most difficult method, logistically, and normally requires the help of an 'insider'.
b) The person carrying the goods is approached by a third person who then offers to buy the offending item for an amount of money that exceeds the value of the item in which the goods are stored upon its safe arrival at its destination.
c) The person carrying the item is approached by a third person upon arrival at their destination, told that they are carrying something illegal, and threatened with being reported to the authorities should they not hand the item over.
d) A third person masquerading as a law enforcement officer approaches the person carrying the goods. Similar to C.
e) The idiot carrying the goods knows there's something 'dodgy' about the item they're carrying, but does not know exactly what is 'dodgy' about it. These kinds of people are often approached in airport departure lounges and promised large sums of cash upon the safe delivery of said item.
f) Somebody is asked to carry an item on someone else’s behalf and never knows that they're carrying an illicit item. All they know is that they're doing a 'favour' by handing over the item to a 'friend' when they arrive.

All of the above are well documented methods of getting illicit items into other countries. There are more variations on these themes, and all of them are fraught with a number of logistical difficulties and require varying degrees of careful planning. Allegedly.

[Lou Girardin]

OK, lets say the dope was planted, who would plant it and where? How would they recover it? Do they do this on a regular basis? What happens, someone comes up to her after she's left the airport,"Hang on Miss, just want to get my drugs out of your boogie board bag"?

It was supposed to be smuggled internally in Aust. It was missed and ended up in Indonesia. It's thoroughly proven now that baggage handlers have easy access to passengers luggage.

[Hitcher]

A 'bird' once told me it can work in one of several ways:

a) The item in which the drugs are in is stolen upon arrival at its intended destination. With or without force. The original item, a boogie board for example, being swapped for a 'dodgy' item somewhere along the lines. This method is possibly the most difficult method, logistically, and normally requires the help of an 'insider'.
b) The person carrying the goods is approached by a third person who then offers to buy the offending item for an amount of money that exceeds the value of the item in which the goods are stored upon its safe arrival at its destination.
c) The person carrying the item is approached by a third person upon arrival at their destination, told that they are carrying something illegal, and threatened with being reported to the authorities should they not hand the item over.
d) A third person masquerading as a law enforcement officer approaches the person carrying the goods. Similar to C.
e) The idiot carrying the goods knows there's something 'dodgy' about the item they're carrying, but does not know exactly what is 'dodgy' about it. These kinds of people are often approached in airport departure lounges and promised large sums of cash upon the safe delivery of said item.
f) Somebody is asked to carry an item on someone else’s behalf and never knows that they're carrying an illicit item. All they know is that they're doing a 'favour' by handing over the item to a 'friend' when they arrive.

All of the above are well documented methods of getting illicit items into other countries. There are more variations on these themes, and all of them are fraught with a number of logistical difficulties and require varying degrees of careful planning. Allegedly.

Haven't these people heard of couriers or the postal service? Much more reliable for ensuring the delivery of extremely high-value goods.

I think the "planted" theory has significant flaws. If Schapelle was able to get her bag's contents delivered to Bali instead of uplifted in Sydney, as speculated, how many others are in the same position? If she had only been going as far as Sydney, imagine her surprise when she opened the bag at her destination. If this "passive mule" arrangement is widely used by dodgy Australian airport staff, I don't believe for a moment that Schapelle Corby is the only case where this fantastical and extremely high risk delivery system has gone wrong. It is a real stretch of one's credibility to believe that this method of couriering drugs is MORE reliable than airline lost luggage...

[StoneChucker]

Just a thought...
Wouldn't it be easier, cheaper and safer to just courier/post your drugs to the destination? Or do they drug check every single item?

[idb]

It was supposed to be smuggled internally in Aust. It was missed and ended up in Indonesia. It's thoroughly proven now that baggage handlers have easy access to passengers luggage.

She was supposed to carry 4kg of dope internally? Ouch!

[jazbug5]

Just a thought...
Wouldn't it be easier, cheaper and safer to just courier/post your drugs to the destination? Or do they drug check every single item?

If it's like the system we have in the UK, there are sniffer dogs that go through the mail at the ports. This type of modified bud would stink to high heaven, whatever you did- at least as far as the dogs would be concerned.
Plus, I regularly see seized fake documents here at work that people have attempted to send concealed & postally. Certainly makes you think...

[MSTRS:Me]

Schapelle has had her sentence changed to death by stoning........she has asked for her travel bag back and a lighter, and said she would do it herself

[Lou Girardin]

If it's like the system we have in the UK, there are sniffer dogs that go through the mail at the ports. This type of modified bud would stink to high heaven, whatever you did- at least as far as the dogs would be concerned.
Plus, I regularly see seized fake documents here at work that people have attempted to send concealed & postally. Certainly makes you think...

They use baggage handlers to circumvent these checks. Dope goes in after the dogs had a sniff in the departure area and collected before it is checked at arrival.