There’s been a spike in baggage tampering incidents at SA’s biggest airport, OR Tambo International in Johannesburg, since August, with perfume being the thieves’ favourite target.
“Security procedures were adapted with some initial success, but countering baggage tampering is an ongoing challenge that we, as the airport community, are continuously working towards finding a resolution to,” said Betty Maloka, the airport’s senior manager of corporate affairs.Asked why it is not possible to erect cameras to monitor every bit of the baggage journey, Maloka said the baggage handling system and loading areas are covered by “several hundred CCTV cameras”.
“Once checked in, bags are not touched until they reach the area where they are loaded on to wagons.” “It is an unfortunate reality of all criminal activity that even the best systems and most rigorous monitoring can, on occasion, be breached. The airport environment is not immune to criminal activity, in spite of the systems in place.
Passengers are asked to do their part by adhering to baggage rules by not putting “valuables” in bags that will be loaded into the cargo hold, Maloka said.
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