Episodes

• 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.

  Next Showing

  Thursday 19 June at 20:30 CAT

  On National Geographic

  Next Showing

  Friday 20 June at 01:25 CAT

  On National Geographic

• 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.

  Next Showing

  Thursday 12 June at 20:30 CAT

  On National Geographic

  Next Showing

  Friday 13 June at 01:25 CAT

  On National Geographic