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Also knowing Italy, nobody checks. Really.

I took a plane from Italy to Greece a couple of months ago: completely vaccinated and with the Passenger Locator Form ready.

Nobody, literally nobody, checked in a reliable way wheter:

- we had a valid COVID Certificate

- our PLF was filled correctly

The only moment during my trip where anyone checked was at Starbucks.

This doesn't mean that you are entitled to lie to the border control agents though.

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I've travelled internationally maybe a couple of hundred times and never had my bags searched (that I know of, who knows for ones checked in at airports) until one trip a few years ago when I arrived back in UK and customs officers pulled me over to spend 15 minutes making me get every item out of both of my bags.

It's a bad idea to travel with false paperwork, as it's a bad idea to travel with anything illegal in your luggage, not because there's a high chance they'll definitely look into your situation, but because if they happen to choose you randomly then the punishment can be severe.

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