Passengers travelling through Toronto Pearson International Airport face layers of security designed to stop dangerous people and dangerous goods from boarding planes.
Carry-on bags are X-rayed. Water bottles are confiscated. Travellers are scanned, searched and monitored by cameras throughout the terminals.
But exclusive reporting from CTV News’ investigative unit W5 into how organized crime groups exploit airport insiders to move drugs has uncovered troubling gaps in the security systems meant to monitor employees with direct access to restricted areas of Canada’s busiest airport, including luggage and aircraft.
