Shanghai Airport Customs

Airport Border Control and Traveler Detention

Description

Government-run border control authority at Shanghai Airport, responsible for screening international travelers and detaining threats. Operates in the legal domain and interacts with Indiana Jones and Nazi agents in *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (S01E01).

Event Involvements

Events with structured involvement data

1 events

S1E1 · RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

A Hasty Alliance: Kehoe, Bang Chow, and the Nazi Lead

Shanghai Customs is the local authority whose detention of the German arrivals provides tactical advantage. Mention of Customs anchors the urgency in credible procedural containment and supplies the window Army Intelligence seeks to act.

Active Representation

Via the action of detaining arrivals and maintaining custody — represented indirectly through Kehoe and Bang Chow's remarks.

Power Dynamics

Holds immediate coercive power at the airport (detention and processing), cooperating implicitly with Army Intelligence while operating under local legal protocols.

Institutional Impact

Provides a temporary buffer that allows allied operatives to intervene; demonstrates how local enforcement can shape international intelligence flows.

Internal Dynamics

Operates through bureaucratic procedure and chain-of-command; likely conservative in action, deferring to intelligence directives when national security concerns arise.

Organizational Goals

Restrict and process suspicious arrivals Maintain border security and order Coordinate with allied operatives when national security threats are identified

Influence Mechanisms

Legal authority to detain and process individuals Physical custody and holding facilities Procedural control over who enters or leaves restricted areas