Since you can't actually get inside the area where the bags are taken, I am going to assume that they go through the same high tech security type equipment that is used at airports. As you enter at ground level there is an airport like security check point and several employees/guards with metal detecting wands. There are also security sniffing dogs in the baggage area and on the ship. While we were waiting to board in the terminal last time we walked outside the front doors of the waiting area and we saw a large dog standing onboard the ship. I flet very secure with the visable on non- visable security measures being taken. I have heard others say that there are also divers in the water at the port. We have had a coast guard helicopter escort us out of the port as well as armed coast guard boats right beside us.