Award-winning journalist Mariana van Zeller investigates new emerging underworlds, including the trade in body parts, hired assassins, sextortion and the smuggling of people across the U.S.-Mexico border, to meet the players and learn the business.
Cast: Mariana van Zeller
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Season 1
10 episodes
1. AssassinsWhat drives a person to make a living out of killing? Mariana goes inside the dark world of contract killers.TV-14CC45minJan 17, 2024
2. SextortionMariana investigates a new blackmail scam called "sextortion", in which compromising photos are used to extort victims and often leads to suicide.TV-14CC45minJan 24, 2024
3. Body PartsMariana exposes how black market operators are profiting from the sale of stolen human remains on secret marketplaces in the U.S. and beyond.TV-14CC45minJan 31, 2024
4. Black Market MedsThe high cost of prescription drugs has pushed millions of Americans to the black market — and into hands of criminal syndicates looking to cash in.TV-14CC45minFeb 7, 2024
5. ApesMariana heads to the Congo to investigate the illegal trade in wild apes that have them on the brink of extinction.TV-14CC45minFeb 14, 2024
6. Migrant SmugglersMariana heads to Mexico to investigate the billion-dollar business of people smuggling to the US — a system fueled by cartels and corruption.TV-14CC45minFeb 21, 2024
7. Hash SmugglersMariana tracks the illicit path of hashish from Morocco into Europe — a world of shadowy dealers, lightning-fast smuggling boats and endless wealth.TV-14CC45minFeb 28, 2024
8. Illegal GamblingMariana investigates a nefarious scam that tricks elderly Americans into becoming unwitting drug mules.TV-14CC45minMar 6, 2024
9. The Drug Mule ScamMariana investigates a nefarious scam that tricks elderly Americans into becoming unwitting drug mules.TV-14CC45minMar 13, 2024
10. Caught in an African CoupMariana's investigation into how gold mining is funding terrorism gets interrupted by a military coup that strands the team in Niger.TV-14CC54minMar 20, 2024
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Award-winning journalist Mariana van Zeller investigates new emerging underworlds, including the trade in body parts, hired assassins, sextortion and the smuggling of people across the U.S.-Mexico border, to meet the players and learn the business.
Creators and cast
- Studio
- National Geographic, Muck Media
