A group of Italian airport baggage handlers accused of stealing passengers' valuables were arrested on Friday after police installed hidden cameras in the cargo holds of aircraft to catch them red-handed.
The 29 baggage handlers were secretly recorded filching cash, jewellery, cameras and other valuables from suitcases as they unloaded them from planes at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport and several other airports around the country.
Another 57 people were placed under investigation.
Investigators said they initially could not work out how the valuables were being stolen, because security in baggage handling areas in airports is tight.
They then realised that the items were probably being stolen while the luggage was still in the holds of aircraft, where baggage handlers could operate with impunity.
Police installed temperature and pressure resistant cameras in the holds and identified the thieves. Full story...
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