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Originally posted by Aglifter:
I certainly have no desire to go to T&C, after seeing all this.

Killed my hopes to go there, too. I guess I don’t understand why a British overseas territory is messing with Americans. Supposedly, they have to answer to the crown..and I thought we were on reasonable terms..

Mike, I’m sorry for all you and your family have gone through in this ordeal but am glad it’s over for you now. Hoping the other Americans who are still there will be freed and home soon. T&C is definitely off of my visit list.

If the US would institute a travel ban on Turks, say for two years, I suspect their criminal .gov would stop pulling these fleecing jobs on Americans.

Seems like it would be easy to seek out in the middle of the night to a waiting sailboat that could take you to us territory like the US Virgin Islands or Puerto Rico.

Mike, happy to hear this is in your rear view, good luck going forward.

I'm happy to hear this ordeal is behind you now. Good luck with life moving forward, and yes, never visit that anti-American shithole ever again.

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Originally posted by bwl5:
Seems like it would be easy to seek out in the middle of the night to a waiting sailboat that could take you to us territory like the US Virgin Islands or Puerto Rico.

It would be super easy. Do not know if there is an extradition treaty though.

The following comment doesn't add anything to the discussion directly, but I think it needs to be said.

This forum has some really good people. I suspect we all feel this way, but I wanted to put it in a post.

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Originally posted by c1steve:

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Originally posted by bwl5:
Seems like it would be easy to seek out in the middle of the night to a waiting sailboat that could take you to us territory like the US Virgin Islands or Puerto Rico.

It would be super easy. Do not know if there is an extradition treaty though.

Just found a pdf of an extradition treaty between Great Britain and us that was done in the 70’s. In it the offense had to be a crime on the us in order for extradition to occur.

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Originally posted by c1steve:

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Originally posted by bwl5:
Seems like it would be easy to seek out in the middle of the night to a waiting sailboat that could take you to us territory like the US Virgin Islands or Puerto Rico.

It would be super easy. Do not know if there is an extradition treaty though.

And if you were caught, you would, without any doubt, serve years in that prison I described on the previous page.

It's madness to try it. No sane person who has anything to lose would try it.

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Originally posted by irreverent:

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Originally posted by Aglifter:
I certainly have no desire to go to T&C, after seeing all this.

Killed my hopes to go there, too. I guess I don’t understand why a British overseas territory is messing with Americans. Supposedly, they have to answer to the crown..and I thought we were on reasonable terms..

It is someone with an agenda. I have been in and out of Turks and Caicos over a dozen times. I have also had weapons and ammo (undeclared) about 1/3 of those times. This was on private yachts that happened to have them on board for protection or sporting (trap shooting from the yacht). In the past if the customs agent saw them they'd just look the other way, like most every other third world Island I've been to or you just hand them $100 or a bottle of booze.

Problem is, IF you declare them, they take them to the police station for safe keeping......well then you tell them, we're leaving at 8am on Saturday bring them to the yacht, they show up whenever they feel like it with them......11am......2pm...and you have to depart right then and there..........and you NEED to leave the dock at 8am to safely get to and into the next port, so very few declare them. It's SOP, you're more worried about pirates and getting killed than you are of getting caught with them.

In these 2 situations, I hope it REALLY kills their tourism. Because in both situations, it was a couple of rounds of ammo, and they're acting like they confiscated a full auto mac 10 or something.........

What a nightmare, glad it is over. Sure makes me appreciate the freedoms we have here.

I have spoken to people on large yachts, around 150', and they carried full auto AR's. I know that one of the boats, when it went into Canada, declared the rifles and it was fine. Usually Canada customs would go ballistic, but apparently this is common for those super yachts.

These boats are a target for robbers of all types, and customs everywhere let them keep the firearms on board. When this boat went through the Suez canal and that general area, the crew on watch carried the weapons loaded with their eyes on the sea at all times. Usually the M-16s were stored in secure location.

Thanks for all the kind words. Happy Independence Day! Thank God we threw off the Brits and their judicial system. The brave men that signed that declaration knew it was their death sentence if they failed. What fearless ancestors we had. May they rest in peace.