This is the final instalment of a W5 four-part investigative series exposing corruption at Canadian airports. Watch the full documentary “Trafficked: The Airport Conspiracy” Saturday at 7 p.m. on our CTV News YouTube channel and on CTV.

Whistleblowers tell CTV News’ investigative unit W5 that organized crime has infiltrated Canada’s largest airport, as they call for sweeping reforms.

It took the horror of Sept. 11 to force airports around the world into a massive security overhaul to guard against terrorism.

Passengers became the focus of intense scrutiny: shoes off, liquids ditched, carry-on luggage scanned, bodies searched.

But former investigators interviewed by W5 say there has never been the same reckoning over the dangers posed by insiders working behind the scenes at airports themselves.

A W5 investigation uncovered at least 17 cases over the past year in which innocent passengers traveling to or from Canadian airports had their baggage tags switched onto suitcases filled with drugs, sometimes leading to detention in foreign countries.

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Former RCMP organized crime investigator Ulisses Botelho says insider corruption is central to how criminal organizations move narcotics through airports.

“Mission critical,” Botelho said. “Without it, it doesn’t exist.”

Botelho says Canada has spent decades hardening airport security...

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