Sosua Reports

[Grandnash84]

Comming into miami one time last year from dr a cutoms dog came up to me and my friend and statered sniffing. The agent askerd if we were smoking weed on the trip, we said yeah and ge pointed us to get our bags checked. When we got there the agent already knew why we where getting checked and he asked if we were smoking weed. We both said yeah and another agent went to check my friends bags. I had two big luggages and a backpack. I opned my first luggae and the agent looked at it and said alright see you later. My friend who is right next to me getting checked gets fucked. He comes out of customs 20 min later and told me they went through all his shit, his shoes, everything and gave him the third degree. Pretty funny to me cause we weree standing about two feet apart getting checked right before I got let go LOL

[Bravo]

Stopped about a year ago by Customs agent leaving the plane in Miami, asked me if I bought my ticket at the last minute with cash, (no) Do you have $10,000 cash money on you. (no). Can we check your carry on luggage with the dog. (sure). Any Drugs, or liquor (no). Can you wait a minute we want to check your carry on with another dog that is on the way. (starting to get pissed). Second dog shows up and sniffs my carry on finds nothing, I tell the Customs agent what's wrong with first dog he have a cold. He told me to take this serious because this was for national security, I told him he was profiling. We took a couple of steps toward each other when another agent step between us and tells me to go catch my flight before I get in trouble. This event took 30 minutes and I was just getting off the plane. I was so mad when I left there I was ready to fight everyone in the Miami airport. Customs has the authority to treat you like a criminal.

Different dogs are trained to detect different things. Some detect drugs, some money, some explosive material, etc.

[Puntz79]

Being questioned for going to a country to have sex with girls? This is what our tax dollars are being wasted on? Man some people (TSA) must be incredibly bored these days.

No one knows the real reason why anyone is going anywhere. Doesn't matter if it's DR, France, England, Turkey, India, Thailand, Australia etc. It's ridiculous if people are being profiled because they like to visit a certain country. The DR has beaches, is fairly cheap to travel to and enjoy a weekend vacation on, there's a lot to do. It's a developing country and some companies have business over there. A single man that travels to Puerto Plata or Santo Domingo could be traveling just for business a couple times a month. There is nothing wrong with this.

Sometimes I don't know if these stories are believable, I guess it serves for a good read at least. Safe mongering everyone.

[Mr Enternational]

They pulled me aside in Philly (on the boarding tube) and kept me in a back room for 49 mins, tag teaming me to try and get me to admit, I go to the DR for sex. Destroyed the zippers on my carryons, showed everyone my bag of condoms, threw my money all over the place (it was a disgusting start to a trip). One guy kept going crazy (ex found list of Spanish swear words in my luggage, kept screaming,"theses are sex acts, these are sex acts). Welcome to the New America.

Who is "they?" Why didn't you just say yes I go to DR for sex? Nothing they could have done about it.

What the fuck? I'm assuming you admitted to nothing so they just let you go? Did you get back on the plane to DR?

It's nice to see the TSA has better things to do instead of catching terrorists.

It is not TSA's duty to catch terrorists. It is TSA's duty to search luggage and people. They don't ask questions. If you have something that you shouldn't then they take it from you. There is no asking, "What are you doing with this?" They have to call law enforcement for anything further than, "You are not allowed to bring xyz sir." Why the hell they decided to give TSA agents a badge is beyond me. They are not law enforcement officers and can not carry weapons. Does anybody remember airline security before 2001? Well these are the same people, but with different uniforms. There are no special qualifications other than a high school diploma and passing a background check.

"Today, TSA secures the nation's airports and screens all commercial airline passengers and baggage. TSA uses a risk-based strategy and works closely with transportation, law enforcement and intelligence communities to set the standard for excellence in transportation security." http://www.tsa.gov/about-tsa

Yes, I was the last one to board the flight (the captain came on and told everyone " we have been delayed for 49 mins, I have no idea why ") everyone knew it was because of me. Stuff was falling out of my bags, the TSA guy asked me to sign a paper saying all my money had been returned to me. I replied, I have no idea if all my money is still here. He said, then count it. Meanwhile flt officials and other TSA agents are screaming at me to get on the plane.

They saw gifts in the bag for a girl I know. Screamed "where did you meet? Do you give her money? What's her number, e mail? That day was pure hell.

Stop with your bullshit dude. No airline is going to hold a plane (and that long) waiting for someone who has been caught up in security. Do you know how much that shit would cost them? Definitely more than your $400 ticket. The longest they would wait is the time it took to take your bag off the plane.

Two months ago, when returning from DR. I was sent back for a search when I was in customs at Miami Airport. In all my trips out of the country (even from DR) , this was the first time they actually went through my luggage. The guy was cool but he looked through every photo on my camera and said one of the things they were looking for was child porn. Mabey this would explain the rash of harassment. When he saw all the photos of me and Eva naked, he just smiled and said " yea, she's got to be over 18"

This is a more plausible story. After a quick search, "a cool guy" realizing there was no drugs and no child porn allowed Ready Ru to go on his way with all his belongings.

[Coole Mr]

Wow Custom pull me over all the time looking for drugs. They see my see my condoms, hiv test kits, lube, and joke with each other. I guess things have changed. Thanks for the update. My lawyers says the more you talk the more it hurts you.

Stopped about a year ago by Customs agent leaving the plane in Miami, asked me if I bought my ticket at the last minute with cash, (no) Do you have $10,000 cash money on you. (no). Can we check your carry on luggage with the dog. (sure). Any Drugs, or liquor (no). Can you wait a minute we want to check your carry on with another dog that is on the way. (starting to get pissed). Second dog shows up and sniffs my carry on finds nothing, I tell the Customs agent what's wrong with first dog he have a cold. He told me to take this serious because this was for national security, I told him he was profiling. We took a couple of steps toward each other when another agent step between us and tells me to go catch my flight before I get in trouble. This event took 30 minutes and I was just getting off the plane. I was so mad when I left there I was ready to fight everyone in the Miami airport. Customs has the authority to treat you like a criminal.

[Rit Teach]

I'm assuming that this happened because the TSA discovered things that were in your carry on luggage versus your checked luggage?

No, (if you read my post, I stated it happened past the boarding gate- where they bug you about the amount of money you are bringing ). I am 62 yrs old (look closer to 82) and am extremely low key. When, I stopped responding to questions (because I only have one functioning vocal cord. The one aggressive young prick said " if You don't care to talk, I don't care if you miss your flight. I had my bank withdrawal slip indicating how much and what denominations. The money was separated accordingly. He threw it all over the table. That was only a pretext (this was purely harassment. They commented about the number of times that I had been to the DR. Based on stamps in my passport.) they wanted to know why I went there, who I talked to or what I did and with whom and the phone numbers of those individuals I associated with and e mail addresses)

[GrownMan1]

They pulled me aside in Philly (on the boarding tube) and kept me in a back room for 49 mins, tag teaming me to try and get me to admit, I go to the DR for sex. Destroyed the zippers on my carryons, showed everyone my bag of condoms, threw my money all over the place (it was a disgusting start to a trip). One guy kept going crazy (ex found list of Spanish swear words in my luggage, kept screaming,"theses are sex acts, these are sex acts). Welcome to the New America.

Wow Custom pull me over all the time looking for drugs. They see my see my condoms, hiv test kits, lube, and joke with each other. I guess things have changed. Thanks for the update. My lawyers says the more you talk the more it hurts you.

[GrownMan1]

in all due respect to cubadave he was making himself obvious. one needs to keep low key about these things. i am sure he was quite helpful to many mongers, and his efforts are appreciated but with a facebook page, videos on youtube, and what not, he will eventually be getting the wrong type of attention (by the look of things, the wrong attention has already finally found him). the newspaper article only makes him more of a target. something tells me that this might not be the end of it for him. frankly, i am quite surprised that it took so long.

as for peter he will be fighting this for years. he is a non dominican, with some money, so this will work to his disadvantage. peter was sticking out like a sore thumb (glass floors, an elevator, lights all about, swimming pool, a menu of services [i had to laugh at this one. i just loved it]). everytime i went to passions i was wondering how peter got all this money and manpower to build up the place (did a great job). it is kinda hard for the authorities to look the other way when it came to passions. like cubadave. we all like these sore thumbs but the government thinks otherwise. with peter, by the look of things, it is not a simple open, close, open situation. i hope it works for the best.

the pimping stuff is tricky. what does that say about blackbeards, or even field of dreams. even if both hotels claim the chicas do not work for them still the fact that the chicas are allowed to ply their trade there, and management will act on behalf of the monger in dealing with misunderstandings, does make it look like pimping.

hey, if i want a chica who likes anal or can deepthroat i just ask the blackbeards staff and they will whip out the book, have a picture of the chica, what she does in bed, and her contact number (i just love it). i go to hand it to blackbeards. many places come and go but blackbeards has so far avoided any major complications.

all this reminds me of the guy who appeared on a talk show host and admitted that when he married it was with an **** girl (it was part of his religious beliefs). he added, at the very end, that if anyone had a problem with it they could come and get him. well, the state authorities came and got him. if i recall correctly he received at least five years in prison (he would have gotten more but his bride testified on his behalf and said that she was not traumatized by him or by the early marriage!)

guys, with all the attention john gotti was getting, at the very end even the teflon don got velcroed! the moral of the story is not to get velcroed. we cannot do much for how people run their businesses but as mongers we can use discretion and keep a low profile.

very good point and example. my boys want us to open a brothel in boca chica! i tell them we will be fools. the business will have the life expectancy of a snowman in miami. i best to be low key outside the country. i know those casas were paying officials but that still didn't stop the gauntlet! not being a dominican is a recipe for disaster for us. with cuba daves reputation and facebook following he will get a good lawyer pro bono."the more money we get. we more money we're taking from other people"

[Frannie]

The pimping stuff is tricky. What does that say about Blackbeards, or even Field of Dreams. Even if both hotels claim the chicas do not work for them still the fact that the chicas are allowed to ply their trade there, and management will act on behalf of the monger in dealing with misunderstandings, does make it look like pimping.

Hey, if I want a chica who likes anal or can deepthroat I just ask the Blackbeards staff and they will whip out the book, have a picture of the chica, what she does in bed, and her contact number (I just love it). I go to hand it to Blackbeards. Many places come and go but Blackbeards has so far avoided any major complications.

My understanding is that it is OK if the clients are paying the girl directly, but the situation at Passion's was that the money was paid direct to the house, deductions made for whatever the girl owed the house, perhaps for board and lodging, uniforms, laundry, and then the house paid out to the girl weekly, and that the girls could be fined if they refused to go out with a customer. I would imagine that this model is not allowed for prostitution and comes under the heading of pandering. Fining someone for not going with a customer looks a lot like coerced prostitution, and I suspect this model of prostitution runs into problems with DR laws re pandering and pimping. The menu of prices makes it look like the prices for sex are set by the house, rather than negotiated individually by the girls, and this might also be an issue.

[ConquerorVal]

TSA guys are assholes, just don't give them anything to work with...

I am not particularly fond of Canadian custom officers either. The job attracts a certain kind of personality. I pay extra money so I don't have to go through US and deal with these morons.

[Surfer500]

I think quoting the law back to TSA agents will only serve to increase their hostility. Cops hate when you do that too, it only makes them want to mess with you more. Getting aggressive is also a no no.

I'd say the best bet is to stay calm and answer each question simply and avoid showing any attitude or frustration. I got held up in Canada a few years back and when I asked the agent if he had permission within the law to go through my personal emails he snapped at me "I'm DOING IT AREN'T IT?"

TSA guys are assholes, just don't give them anything to work with and get through it as quickly as possible. Asking about the reason for your detention is pointless since right or wrong they're already doing it.

Something doesn't sound right about all this, apparently he was pulled aside by the TSA after going thru screening in the Airport and after being checked onto the flight and walking down the gangway to step into the plane. I wonder what prompted the TSA to pull him aside and go thru all his stuff.

[The Mind Bender]

Very interesting experience. Since you did not break any laws, were you obligated to answer the questions? What were your responses? Were you just as aggressive or did you play it calm and cool?

For the lawyers on the board. Can you just tell them "I haven't committed any crimes and I do not wish to answer any of your questions. It is not against the law to have condoms or VS underwear in my luggage! Unless, I am under arrest, I would like to end this interview and proceed to my plane."

I have never been thru a secondary screening process like this. I would imagine that initially I would be very scared, but once I remembered that I didn't break any American laws, it would be a struggle to keep my temper under control. I would probably start getting just as aggressive as the TSA agents were getting with me.

I think quoting the law back to TSA agents will only serve to increase their hostility. Cops hate when you do that too, it only makes them want to mess with you more. Getting aggressive is also a no no.

I'd say the best bet is to stay calm and answer each question simply and avoid showing any attitude or frustration. I got held up in Canada a few years back and when I asked the agent if he had permission within the law to go through my personal emails he snapped at me "I'M DOING IT AREN'T IT?"

TSA guys are assholes, just don't give them anything to work with and get through it as quickly as possible. Asking about the reason for your detention is pointless since right or wrong they're already doing it.

[Bravo]

Yes, I was the last one to board the flight (the captain came on and told everyone " we have been delayed for 49 mins, I have no idea why ") everyone knew it was because of me. Stuff was falling out of my bags, the TSA guy asked me to sign a paper saying all my money had been returned to me. I replied, I have no idea if all my money is still here. He said, then count it. Meanwhile flt officials and other TSA agents are screaming at me to get on the plane.

They saw gifts in the bag for a girl I know. Screamed "where did you meet? Do you give her money? What's her number, e mail? That day was pure hell.

Very interesting experience. Since you did not break any laws, were you obligated to answer the questions? What were your responses? Were you just as aggressive or did you play it calm and cool?

For the lawyers on the board. Can you just tell them "I haven't committed any crimes and I do not wish to answer any of your questions. It is not against the law to have condoms or VS underwear in my luggage! Unless, I am under arrest, I would like to end this interview and proceed to my plane."

I have never been thru a secondary screening process like this. I would imagine that initially I would be very scared, but once I remembered that I didn't break any American laws, it would be a struggle to keep my temper under control. I would probably start getting just as aggressive as the TSA agents were getting with me.

[Surfer500]

Yes, I was the last one to board the flight (the captain came on and told everyone " we have been delayed for 49 mins, I have no idea why ") everyone knew it was because of me. Stuff was falling out of my bags, the TSA guy asked me to sign a paper saying all my money had been returned to me. I replied, I have no idea if all my money is still here. He said, then count it. Meanwhile flt officials and other TSA agents are screaming at me to get on the plane.

They saw gifts in the bag for a girl I know. Screamed "where did you meet? Do you give her money? What's her number, e mail? That day was pure hell.

I'm assuming that this happened because the TSA discovered things that were in your carry on luggage versus your checked luggage?

[Riky Rapido]

What the fuck? I'm assuming you admitted to nothing so they just let you go? Did you get back on the plane to DR?

It's nice to see the TSA has better things to do instead of catching terrorists.

Glad I live here, ask anyone who does live here, the consensus is simple: freedom