Trafficked: Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller
Award-winning journalist Mariana van Zeller investigates new emerging underworlds, including the trade in body parts, hired assassins, sextortion and the smuggling of people across the U.S.-Mexico border, to meet the players and learn the business.
Seasons
1. Assassins
Air Date: 2024-01-17
What drives a person to make a living out of killing? Mariana goes inside the dark world of contract killers.
2. Sextortion
Air Date: 2024-01-24
Mariana investigates a new blackmail scam called "sextortion", in which compromising photos are used to extort victims and often leads to suicide.
3. Body Parts
Air Date: 2024-01-31
Mariana exposes how black market operators are profiting from the sale of stolen human remains on secret marketplaces in the U.S. and beyond.
4. Black Market Meds
Air Date: 2024-02-07
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.
5. Apes
Air Date: 2024-02-14
Mariana heads to the Congo to investigate the illegal trade in wild apes that have them on the brink of extinction.
6. Migrant Smugglers
Air Date: 2024-02-21
Mariana heads to Mexico to investigate the billion-dollar business of people smuggling to the US — a system fueled by cartels and corruption.
7. Hash Smugglers
Air Date: 2024-02-28
Mariana tracks the illicit path of hashish from Morocco into Europe — a world of shadowy dealers, lightning-fast smuggling boats and endless wealth.
8. Illegal Gambling
Air Date: 2024-03-06
Mariana investigates a nefarious scam that tricks elderly Americans into becoming unwitting drug mules.
9. The Drug Mule Scam
Air Date: 2024-03-13
Mariana investigates a nefarious scam that tricks elderly Americans into becoming unwitting drug mules.
10. Caught in an African Coup
Air Date: 2024-03-20
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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Rating
0.0/10
Release Date
2024-01-17
Episodes
10 (1 seasons)
Status
Returning Series
Cast
Production Companies
National Geographic
Muck Media