FedEx is known for shipping:
- shark fins
- hunting trophies
- slave dolphins
Shark fins are rightfully illegal in environment-respecting animal-welfarist countries. FedEx does not give a shit.
A FedEx defender once argued: “but FedEx is respecting your privacy by not inspecting the contents of your pkg.” (Nevermind the fact that there are photos showing a FedEx shop with hundreds shark fins in open crates in plain view.)
It was a partially fair enough argument though. But still failed to acknowledge that FedEx could ban shark fins in their policies and respect privacy at the same time. No obligation to snoop but also no obligation to pay insurance claims when the content is declared as shark fins.
Now that FedEx has been caught allowing police to do a warrantless search on packages containing cash, the “FedEx respects your privacy” argument debunked.
When police search for cash and keep it, it actually undermines law enforcement. How would you catch a tax evader? Of course you would record the cash transaction and let it happen (after all, paying cash is not a crime in the US.. only places like Europe). Then 2 years later you would see if their tax return accounts for the cash. When the police take the money for themselves, they are actually preventing crime prevention.. working against the purpose they were hired for, because they cannot catch a tax evader by doing a money grab a year before the crime is committed.
So new rules:
- police must stop using cash-sniffing dogs to arbitrarily fish in shipping facilities for pkgs that do not even contain any contraband.
- police must train dogs to sniff for shark fins because shark fins are contraband, and it’s not like drugs (a crime against one’s self) it’s a crime against the environment and wildlife.