Episodes

• Cartel USA

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

• Scam City

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

• The Tranq Dope Underground

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  With the arrival of a deadly new fentanyl cocktail on the streets, Mariana heads to Mexico to investigate the next wave of America’s opioid crisis.

• Brides for Sale

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  Mariana travels to Vietnam to investigate reports that young women are being trafficked into China to be sold as unwilling brides.

• Great American Rehab Scam, The

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

• Million Dollar Highway Heists

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  Mariana investigates the global phenomenon of armored car heists, responsible for some of the most brazen and dangerous robberies in the world.

• Underground Street Racing

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

• Inside America's Militias

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  Mariana investigates America's heavily armed militias and their growing influence.

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  Sunday 5 October at 21:50 CAT

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• Black Market Love

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

• Black Market Organs

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

• LSD

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  LSD is booming because of the growing faith in its healing power. Mariana hunts for the elusive chemists responsible for making the world's supply.

• Ghost Guns

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  Mariana is on a mission to expose how ghost guns untraceable firearms built from kits bought online are fueling violence across the country.

• Cyber Pirates

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  Mariana is on a mission to understand how personal and financial data is stolen and sold by a shadowy network of hackers and thieves.

• MDMA

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  Mariana investigates how the demand for MDMA here in the U.S. is threatening to turn the Netherlands into a narco state.

• Gangs

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  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

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

• Crypto Scams

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  Mariana embeds with a crew of cryptocurrency scammers who show her how they make millions of dollars in mere weeks.

• Fight Clubs

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

• Black Market Babies

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  Mariana investigates the global surrogacy market to understand how the dream of starting a family is fueling a babies-for-cash black market.

• Black Market Marijuana

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  Mariana sets off on a wild journey through California’s black market for weed, which has mushroomed since marijuana legalization four years ago.

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  Wednesday 1 October at 21:20 CAT

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  Thursday 2 October at 02:20 CAT

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• Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs

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

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  Thursday 2 October at 21:20 CAT

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  Friday 3 October at 02:20 CAT

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• Black Market Surgery

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  Mariana van Zeller investigates underground plastic surgery, from motel-room operations to a deadly revelation about Miami’s discount surgery centers.

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  Friday 3 October at 21:20 CAT

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  Saturday 4 October at 02:20 CAT

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• Meth

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  Mariana van Zeller follows a meth superhighway from a cartel-run lab in Sinaloa across the border and into the lives of American users.

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  Saturday 4 October at 21:20 CAT

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  Sunday 5 October at 02:20 CAT

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• Stolen Cars

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

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  Monday 6 October at 21:20 CAT

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  Tuesday 7 October at 02:20 CAT

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• Romance Scams

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

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  Tuesday 7 October at 21:20 CAT

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  Wednesday 8 October at 02:20 CAT

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• Cocaine Queens

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  Mariana investigates a new breed of narco starting to gain power in cocaine trafficking networks of Colombia and Brazil: las jefas, lady bosses.

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  Wednesday 8 October at 21:20 CAT

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  Thursday 9 October at 02:20 CAT

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• Amazon Mafia

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

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  Thursday 9 October at 21:20 CAT

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  Friday 10 October at 02:20 CAT

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• Fish Pirates

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  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.

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  Friday 10 October at 21:20 CAT

  On National Geographic

• Counterfeiting

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  Mariana journeys deep inside the Peruvian underworld to meet the gangster craftsmen who make and sell the world’s finest counterfeit U.S. dollars.

• Scam

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  Mariana dives into the world of international scamming to understand how it all works and meet the outlaws at the heart of this booming industry.

• Cocaine

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  Mariana retraces one of the world’s most intractable smuggling routes, following cocaine’s path around the world.

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  Thursday 25 September at 21:20 CAT

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  Friday 26 September at 02:20 CAT

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• Guns

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  Mariana uncovers a supply chain of American guns being smuggled into the hands of Mexican drug cartels and fueling record levels of violence.

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  Tuesday 30 September at 21:20 CAT

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  Wednesday 1 October at 02:20 CAT

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• Steroids

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  Mariana attempts to understand the vanity, insecurity and greed that’s driving the unregulated, billion-dollar black market in body-enhancing drugs.

• Fentanyl

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  Mariana goes in search of the new bosses, new routes, new risks and the American communities paying the price for fentanyl's next wave.

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  Friday 26 September at 21:20 CAT

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• Tigers

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  Mariana tackles the black market for tigers and tiger parts, so secretive and dangerous that few have attempted to uncover its ugly details.

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  Saturday 27 September at 21:20 CAT

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  Sunday 28 September at 02:20 CAT

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• Pimps

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  Mariana embeds with pimps, victims, undercover cops and private investigators to understand the ugly business of illicit sex in America.

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  Monday 29 September at 21:20 CAT

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  Tuesday 30 September at 02:20 CAT

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• Embracing the Unexpected

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  Go behind the scenes with Mariana van Zeller, as she reveals the most intense and unexpected moments from Trafficked.

• Mariana Van Zeller Investigates

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  Go behind the scenes with Mariana Van Zeller, as she reveals all the gritty details of reporting on the criminal underworld. A dangerous job that requires courage, determination, and heart.

• Behind the Mask

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  Mariana offers a behind the scenes look at Trafficked and the players of the world’s multi-trillion-dollar shadow economy.