Quote from: Tranzshipper on April 26, 2012, 04:03 amQuote from: pine on April 26, 2012, 02:04 amSeriously though, this 'smuggler level' profiling model is 50% accurate, 50% bullshit, it's way more complicated than that in reality. He's right that LE gets tripped up by using 1 pair of glasses to see the world, but wrong to imply that kind of profiling is going to help LE in any way whatsoever. They'll still get it wrong, just in a much more refined way, LOL! I read them both, and that much was painfully obvious from the outset.I like reading your posts, thanks, even if I do not understand half of it. I agree that profiling same as counter profiling tricks are both BS. it may work may not, but it works for cops and custom most of the time.I am referring to the contents of a two part criminology journal article posted in the security sub-forum with the [intel] tag called "The developmental smuggling model", quite a few people have read it.As for police and customs using profiling, they have reports and books with paragraphs in them like this one:QuoteHow the undercover officer dresses and what they drive are also factors. The clothing of drug addicts always doesn't fit right because they're constantly losing or gaining weight. By contrast, most undercover officers can't simulate this particular "fit" of clothing; they'll only look sloppy and carry themselves like they have their "street uniform" on. Scraggly beards that look recently grown also are a dead giveaway. The cars they drive are also too well-maintained. A dope addict's car usually has three different types of tires, a bunch a hamburger wrappers all over the inside, and screaming kids in the back. There's also the way undercover officers give themselves away with their eyes. Their eyes are too full of life, and they seem to wear sunglasses all the time. A dope addict, on the other hand, will often stubbornly or masochistically blind themselves by not wearing sunglasses even when they should, and their eyes will look sunken, like they haven't slept in days. Other cover-blowing moves include: being too sure about the price; constantly making phone calls during a deal; being too overeager to buy; offering sex in exchange for doing business; being too familiar; and being too unfamiliar.    (!)