Прямо по 1984, новояз: "Asset Forfeiture" - это вроде как добровольно должно быть. А на деле, как пострадавшие бизнесмены описывают: тормозят тебя когда ты хорошую сумму везешь, приводят собаку, собака тявкает, деньги конфискуют. Чтобы начать их отсуживать, надо внести 10% залога. Что сделать трудно, потому что одновременно замораживают все счета. А если собака на машину тявкнет? Что теперь, только на арендованных ездить безопасно, пусть себе конфискуют?
At this point I asked them, "What's going on? Why are you questioning me here?" They tried to evade the issue: "We're customs agents; asking these questions is our job." I pushed the point: "I travel most of the time, as you see", since they were leafing through my passport, "and I have been through this airport many times before. This is not normal. This is not where people go through customs. What is the meaning of this?"
They said that the dog had told them I was carrying "drugs."
At this point they searched my computer bag, asking some silly questions about things such as papers about my computer, which were evidently not drugs. Then they searched my food bag, rather casually since it held many mood-altering substances (tea and chocolate) to which they paid no attention.
They didn't bother with my backpack, which was foolish, because it was full of drugs--ibuprofin, acetaminophen, oxymetazoline, and more. Perhaps the dog told them enough was enough. http://www.stallman.org/war-victim.html
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Date: 2008-07-30 02:17 pm (UTC)А на деле, как пострадавшие бизнесмены описывают: тормозят тебя когда ты хорошую сумму везешь, приводят собаку, собака тявкает, деньги конфискуют. Чтобы начать их отсуживать, надо внести 10% залога. Что сделать трудно, потому что одновременно замораживают все счета. А если собака на машину тявкнет? Что теперь, только на арендованных ездить безопасно, пусть себе конфискуют?
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Date: 2008-07-30 02:26 pm (UTC)They said that the dog had told them I was carrying "drugs."
At this point they searched my computer bag, asking some silly questions about things such as papers about my computer, which were evidently not drugs. Then they searched my food bag, rather casually since it held many mood-altering substances (tea and chocolate) to which they paid no attention.
They didn't bother with my backpack, which was foolish, because it was full of drugs--ibuprofin, acetaminophen, oxymetazoline, and more. Perhaps the dog told them enough was enough.
http://www.stallman.org/war-victim.html