Considering the increased spate of violent attacks at airports over the past year, its understandable that the level of security has to be raised at all times.
But man, the steps that security personnel at Frankfurt Airport took recently might be way over the line, at the expense of a Singaporean mum's dignity.
33-year-old Gayathiri Bose had the humiliating experience of being made to prove that she was lactating when German police became suspicious that she was carrying a breast pump sans a baby.