Fiumicino Airport is the most important hub in Italy but few people know that, in a special area, the Guardia di Finanza (an Italian Law enforcment corp force under the authority of the Minister of Economy and Finance) keeps all the "strange" stuff passengers try to import...
It was not an easy photo assignement (the quality of shots is not the best) but it helped to publish a reportage on the left out parts of the airport.

verrrry interesting!!! sunshineand · 2008-04-19: 13:42

wow .. they just keep it? interesting.. so cool you got to cover this:) ????? · 2008-04-19: 13:44

nice shot !!! very intringuing !!! ;-) sistatitoune · 2008-04-19: 13:53

WOW, what an interesting assignment! And what a crazy looking place! I think you did great! It's exactly what you were looking to show, it's not YOUR fault that it's a little "strange"! DancingDolphin · 2008-04-19: 14:16

interesting reportage. Pikapol · 2008-04-19: 14:54

Very interesting assignment, looks like a crazy place, people are so amazing in the stuff they try or think they can get away with mystic1 · 2008-04-19: 15:18

strange indeed :)... good choice of the bw :) persi · 2008-04-19: 15:54

I would love to work there heheh, im always curious about the things people take inside suitcases!! TIM927 · 2008-04-19: 16:48

:-) JaCkYe · 2008-04-19: 17:44

Interesting! marikos · 2008-04-19: 18:30

Its sometimes hard to believe how people can be so ingorant by transporting the strangest things :-)) fabulous post mariazinha32 · 2008-04-19: 18:34

really interesting Dragana · 2008-04-19: 20:37

Cool! Maybe the alligator is supposed to be a gift for a wedding anniversary from a loving husband....poor wife ;) I wish to be there so I can check stuff out mb1981 · 2008-04-19: 20:56

Very interesting. I'd love to hear more about your job. LotoFoto · 2008-04-20: 01:16

interesting ! set with info. Biratnagar · 2008-04-20: 02:47

Great illustrated report! Thanks for sharing! davidcardona · 2008-04-20: 02:50

well it is incerdible but so strange we are nice set Mertxe · 2008-04-20: 03:15

quite interesting to see behind the scenes. I think these are some Touareg knives in #4. NatinKool · 2008-04-20: 04:26

Muy interesante...se esconde todo un mundo detrás de los aeropuertos mireia · 2008-04-20: 06:22

I find that the photograph of the crocodile is odd hsnpictures · 2008-04-20: 06:48

Thanks for sharing! It's hard to imagine who would want such "strange stuff" as you say... =) ????? · 2008-04-20: 06:56

strange but intresting set! Marilou · 2008-04-20: 08:34

Wow! What an interesting reportage. So people bring crocs in the airport there? ; ) I love the light and perspectives of the first shot. Madoc · 2008-04-20: 09:04

Interesting! The things people put in their cases!!! glennis · 2008-04-20: 10:16

I dread to think what could be in there... ????? · 2008-04-20: 10:42

Wow! Interesting! leocheung · 2008-04-20: 10:46

good black and white, can be one can overexpose sometimes but anything serious, priority for the first one and the second. ????? · 2008-04-20: 11:47

Very interesting photos. Say it all for themselves. Very good set! Egara · 2008-04-20: 13:15

that is really funny, actually. i worked at an airport for a year and never saw anything nearly as interesting : ) ????? · 2008-04-20: 15:31

Interesting stuff! :):) Kanya · 2008-04-20: 15:32

It must have been a very succesfull reportage! the photos are very lively! BlueLady · 2008-04-20: 18:12

This is beyond interesting. Were some of the things disturbing? I see the alligator. TheCrazyCroat · 2008-04-20: 22:33

fantastic set! acididko · 2008-04-21: 05:18

Oh oh, some devilish weapons in No: 4... meiling · 2008-04-21: 13:12

great reportage! sandmoon · 2008-04-22: 05:24

Oh! This is really something! Primavera · 2008-04-23: 16:56

Very interesting set! somogyvari · 2008-04-24: 05:48

some serious weaponry in #4...and an alligator...wow! dadlak · 2008-04-26: 12:18

I love them.... :-) ????? · 2008-04-30: 04:58