Trafficked With Mariana Van Zeller

Synopsis

Award-winning journalist Mariana van Zeller explores the inner workings of the global underworld's most dangerous black markets. With these compilations, we go behind the scenes with Mariana on her journeys into black markets and trafficking networks — from drugs and guns to stolen cars and cocaine queens — to meet the players, learn the business, and better understand the world’s multi-trillion-dollar shadow economy.

Episodes

Black Market Love

Mariana investigates a wave of anti-LGBTQ violence and uncovers a well-funded global network pushing an anti-gay agenda around the world.

The Great American Rehab Scam

Mariana investigates the scammers luring addicts into fraudulent sober homes, while billing health programs for billions in bogus treatments.

Underground Street Racing

Mariana goes inside the adrenaline-fueled, gambling-funded subculture of illegal street racing that's wreaking havoc on cities around the globe.

Scam City

Mariana heads to a Southeast Asian hotbed for scamming, where criminal organizations are holding thousands of hostages and forcing them to scam.

Cartel USA

Mariana investigates the growing influence of Mexican cartels in America, exposing an extensive network that's fueling violence and addiction.

Black Market Organs

Mariana van Zeller investigates one of the darkest and most elusive black markets in the world- the illicit trade in human organs.

Gangs

Violent crime is soaring in Los Angeles to levels not seen in 30 years. Mariana goes inside the Crips and the Bloods to understand why.

Terrorist Oil

Mariana embarks on a journey from Africa to the Middle East to uncover how black-market oil is fueling terrorist groups around the world.

Fight Clubs

Mariana investigates underground fight clubs and the push to bring bare-knuckle fighting into the mainstream.

Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs

Mariana van Zeller investigates outlaw motorcycle gangs known as 1% clubs, learning about the bonds of brotherhood that fuel these violent groups.

Stolen Cars

Mariana follows a smuggling route of cars stolen from the U.S. to shipping containers bound for West Africa, where the demand is skyrocketing.

Romance Scams

Mariana journeys from America’s heartland to the cafes of Ghana to meet the romance scammers fleecing Americans out of millions.

Amazon Mafia

Mariana travels to the Amazon to track down the criminal networks behind a slew of killings and the illegal destruction of the rainforest.

Fish Pirates

As much as 30% of our seafood has been caught illegally. Mariana searches for the fish pirates who make billions each year while destroying our oceans.