# Airport Security

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airport-security/146131>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 2, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airport-security/146131 "2003-01-02T01:40:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airport-security/146131/21 "2003-01-06T04:12:40Z")

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I hate to resurrect a defunct thread – especially since **evilbeth** ’s husband is probably home by now – but I asked a friend of mine who works in airport security about this. Her response:  
_As long as it is under $10,000 we don’t care how much cash they carry. An amount of $2,000 would be no big deal. People carry large amounts of cash all the time. If it’s over $10,000 it becomes an issue for Customs and they have to make sure there’s not an international connection and whatever else they do._  
HTH,  
RR

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