As part of an ongoing police investigation into thefts of this nature by airport staff, the Miami-Dade Police Department set up the camera in the hold to catch the culprits in the act. The footage of workers rummaging through the baggage, helping themselves to the contents serves to illuminate a much wider problem, encountered the world over. A CNN analysis of passenger property loss claims filed with the TSA from 2010 to 2014 details 30,621 claims of missing valuables, most of which had been packed in checked luggage, while the remaining thefts occurred at security checkpoints. The estimated total for lost property claims is US$2.5 million.
Top of the list of airports with the most claims of thefts from luggage was JFK in New York, followed by Los Angeles International, Orlando International and Miami International, according to the TSA's data.
