eli5 When countries swap prisoners how are they sure the other country will actually do it?
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The movie Bridge of Spies shows how it works, or at least did during the Cold War.
You have the prisoners cross a distance where both sides can see both prisoners and they cross at the same time.
Both sides are heavily armed. If someone tries to kill the released prisoner after they get their own guy, retribution would be quick and brutal.
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