Trafficked: Sex Scams

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Season 1
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Synopsis

Mariana van Zeller explores the world's most dangerous black markets, from the trade in body parts and drugs to hired assassins and bride smuggling

Episodes

Season 1
  • Hash Smugglers

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    Mariana tracks the illicit path of hashish from Morocco into Europe a world of shadowy dealers, lightning-fast smuggling boats and endless wealth.

  • Black Market Meds

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    The high cost of prescription drugs has pushed millions of Americans to the black market and into hands of criminal syndicates looking to cash in.

  • Illegal Gambling

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    Mariana goes inside the dangerous, high-stakes world of illegal gambling to try and understand its allure, its growth, and its dark side.

  • Apes

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    Mariana heads to the Congo to investigate the illegal trade in wild apes that have them on the brink of extinction.

  • Body Parts

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    Mariana exposes how black market operators are profiting from the sale of stolen human remains on secret marketplaces in the U.S. and beyond.

  • Migrant Smugglers

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    Mariana heads to Mexico to investigate the billion-dollar business of people smuggling to the US a system fueled by cartels and corruption.

  • Assassins

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    What drives a person to make a living out of killing? Mariana goes inside the dark world of contract killers.

  • Sextortion

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    Mariana investigates a new blackmail scam called "sextortion", in which compromising photos are used to extort victims and often leads to suicide.

  • The Drug Mule Scam

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    Mariana investigates a nefarious scam that tricks elderly Americans into becoming unwitting drug mules.

  • Caught in an African Coup

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    Mariana's investigation into how gold mining is funding terrorism gets interrupted by a military coup that strands the team in Niger.

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