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.

  Next Showing

  Thursday 14 August at 20:30 CAT

  On National Geographic

  Next Showing

  Friday 15 August at 01:30 CAT

  On National Geographic

• 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.

  Next Showing

  Thursday 21 August at 20:30 CAT

  On National Geographic

  Next Showing

  Friday 22 August at 01:30 CAT

  On National Geographic

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Counterfeiting

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  Mariana van Zeller journeys deep inside the Peruvian underworld to meet the gangster craftsmen who make the world's finest counterfeit money.

• Scam

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  Mariana travels from the violent streets of Montego Bay to the posh neighborhoods of Tel Aviv in pursuit of some of the world's biggest scammers.

• Cocaine

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  Mariana van Zeller uncovers a notorious cocaine smuggling route from the Peruvian jungles, to the Colombian coastline, and to the streets of Miami.

• 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.

• Steroids

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  Mariana van Zeller investigates a new wave of underground steroids promising to make users superhuman.

• 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.

• Tigers

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

• 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.

• 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.