ORLANDO, Fla. -- Thousands of dollars in property are being stolen from luggage handled at Orlando International Airport.

That information is according to the new data the Transportation Security Administration released after a year-long battle with the media to keep it private.

The report disclosed that during the past three years, 50,000 items were stolen or disappeared from luggage at airports across the nation, including video cameras, guns, diamond jewelry, prescription drugs, credit cards, and cash.

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The thefts follow federal government orders that required passengers to leave their luggage unlocked after 9-11.

Gesa Barto of Eustis said someone took two laptops from her husband’s bags when he flew from OIA to Newark, New Jersey. One contained a 400-page novel that could never be recovered.

“Just because the baggage is checked for all kinds of liquids and this and that, you think your personal belongings are taken care of. They’re not!” said Barto.

In response to the thefts, A spokesperson with the Transportation Security Administration issued this statement by email:

"The TSA aggressively investigates all allegations of misconduct and, if infractions are discovered, moves swiftly to end the federal careers of any offender."

In three years at OIA, 1,245 items were reported stolen at a value of $864,000. The numbers were calculated in losses per passenger, so high-volume airports were penalized.

Officials at OIA told Channel 9 it was alarming if one even piece of luggage was stolen, but they added the challenge comes when they’re handling 150,000 pieces of luggage a day.

OIA was by no means the worst in this TSA report. Both Miami International and Fort Lauderdale ranked in the top five, when it came to the highest number of thefts per passenger.