What’s to stop corrupt 3rd world diplomats carrying drugs into 1st world countries in their luggage? ?
Irish asked:
I pressume that their bags cannot be checked? It just seems to be a loophole as if the Presidents and governments of these countries are corrupt then it only makes sense that in many cases that will “trickle down”?
I pressume that their bags cannot be checked? It just seems to be a loophole as if the Presidents and governments of these countries are corrupt then it only makes sense that in many cases that will “trickle down”?
Nothing. bill
They couldn’t smuggle enough to worry about. Even if they packed a dc10 with drugs it couldn’t amount to more than a ton. Black Sabbath
Diplomatic Immunity. That means they cannot be charged with anything. They get away with thousands of dollars of parking tickets in New York city. They are not searched, therefore anything illegal will not be found. R & C N
Nothing. That’s not a new problem. I don’t think suitcases full of contraband are the root of the drub problem in this country… Hater Police
Why would they? They’d be competing with the high tech drug dealers already present in those 1st world countries. scruffycat
Nothing to stop them and odds are pretty good it happens a lot. Daniel C
well technically that could be considered an act of war. Rob M
It’s not a loophole at all. It is diplomatic immunity and has been in effect for centuries. There is nothing at all stopping this from happening and I’m sure it does quite regularly. There’s also nothing stopping any diplomat from smuggling anything through diplomatic mail or luggage. . penguin_bob