Timeline for Is it legal to travel with a suitcase full of physical cash (worthless banknotes) from Venezuela?
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| Nov 15, 2020 at 15:47 | comment | added | Mars Robertson | I think traces of drugs are not an issue. | |
| Dec 6, 2018 at 0:05 | comment | added | user64742 | @DavidRicherby well then don't reference the other answer at all and just let others come to the realization that this answer doesn't cover that aspect of the content. The reason I say this is that just like dead links an answer can be removed. | |
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| Dec 5, 2018 at 17:13 | comment | added | David Richerby | @TheGreatDuck I don't see much point in duplicating content from other answers. | |
| S Dec 5, 2018 at 16:10 | history | suggested | Dan Henderson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 5, 2018 at 15:12 | comment | added | Dan Henderson | @DavidRicherby I've submitted an edit suggestion to do just that. | |
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| Dec 5, 2018 at 1:39 | comment | added | user64742 | @DavidRicherby better yet don't refer to other answers for information this answer should provide on its own. | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 19:13 | comment | added | JMac | Re: "Count it all" What is the size of a bolívar fuerte compared to a US bill for example? It could be a requirement that they check each bill, at least quickly, to make sure you aren't trying to smuggle a real currency of value in with the bolivars. | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 1:51 | comment | added | user64742 | Can you elaborate on "civil forfeiture"? What gives local police the right to take property when a crime was not being committed? Is it illegal to carry certain amounts of money? | |
| Dec 3, 2018 at 18:52 | comment | added | David Richerby | Please don't just write "the other answer". When you wrote it, I'm sure it was obvious which answer you were talking about. As I write this, there are five "other answers" and the only way to figure out which one you meant would be to go through the timestamps. Instead, write "[username]'s answer" and link to it. | |
| Dec 3, 2018 at 12:52 | comment | added | Stian | Not only can cash carry traces of drugs, they can carry significant amounts of drugs. You can soak sturdy paper and clothes in solvated drugs as a method of carrying drugs here and there. I would not buy bolivars in a large quantity and transport them to the US - the "traces" of drugs can be enough to land you in federal prison... Besides, the bolivar is not going to be collectible anytime soon - the supply is waaaaay too high. Which is reflected, of course, in their value. | |
| Dec 3, 2018 at 12:36 | comment | added | jwenting | @Mark yeah, but not modern slide film (which did it quite often for me when flying). | |
| Dec 3, 2018 at 11:07 | comment | added | Lightness Races in Orbit | @Coomie That still relies on the US border agent (a) knowing that, and (b) caring. To which I say "meh"... | |
| Dec 3, 2018 at 10:32 | comment | added | WoJ | @RavindranathAkila: not always. While I find it logical to see it at the top, Reddit for instance systematically has it at the bottom. | |
| Dec 3, 2018 at 8:55 | comment | added | Coomie | $US10k = 2.486 billion bolivars. Shown in the image above is 1000 bolivar note around 1 gram each. Weight of VEF2.5 B = 2.5 metric tonnes. | |
| Dec 3, 2018 at 7:37 | comment | added | Mark | @jwenting, on the other hand, if you're traveling with old nitrocellulose film stock, I sure hope it triggers the bomb scanners. | |
| Dec 3, 2018 at 5:01 | comment | added | jwenting | @NateEldredge my understanding of that issue is that it happens but is rare. Just as photographic film sometimes triggering bomb residue scanners. | |
| Dec 3, 2018 at 4:03 | comment | added | corsiKa | @ajd plus thanks to the inflation if you get 10k USD worth of bank notes, by the time you get the airport, you'll have less than 10k USD worth of bank notes! | |
| Dec 3, 2018 at 0:16 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | I found conflicting claims on the drug dog question, so I asked it on Skeptics.SE. | |
| Dec 2, 2018 at 23:41 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | I would also wonder, as I commented on MastaBaba's answer, whether you can be confident that customs authorities in you destination country will understand the cash has very little value. With hyperinflation, if they're using old exchange rates, they might think the value is over some legal limit, even if its true value is not. | |
| Dec 2, 2018 at 23:37 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | It's not clear that currency typically has enough drug residue for a dog to detect; I'm seeing many sources that suggest this is a myth. However, there are also sniffer dogs that are specifically trained to smell currency. | |
| Dec 2, 2018 at 23:20 | history | edited | RoboKaren | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 2, 2018 at 22:41 | comment | added | Ravindranath Akila | TLDR is usually placed at top to help avoid a long read 🙂 | |
| Dec 2, 2018 at 22:40 | history | edited | RoboKaren | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 2, 2018 at 22:23 | comment | added | ajd | Judging by the pictures in the OP's linked article, $10000 USD in bolívars would be much more than a suitcase; several truckloads sound more in the ballpark. | |
| Dec 2, 2018 at 21:16 | history | answered | RoboKaren | CC BY-SA 4.0 |