Locked Up Abroad
Survivors share their stories and experience of survival abroad.
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Cast:Natalie Dunne , Max Wrottesley , Manuel Villasenor , Jerry Murillo , Tato Alexander , Carrell Lasso , Christian Zagia , Leigh Jones , Leon Clingman , Youssef Tounzi , Daniel Toro , Dominic Colenso , Jack Merivale , Glen Heggstad , Sophie Morton , Adrian Rawlins , Mayra Leal , Ian Porter
S1.E1 ∙ Peru (Krista and Jennifer's Story)
Californian Tom Hanway takes the hippie trail to South America where cocaine is cheap and available. He plans to take 500 hits of LSD with him and trade it for a kilo of coke which he'll bring back to the States
S1.E2 ∙ Venezuela (James and Paul's Story)
Jim Miles and Paul Loseby, two British teenagers, are arrested in Venezuela for trying to smuggle drugs back to the UK.
S1.E3 ∙ Nepal (Piers' Story)
Piers Hernu, a dual British-French traveler, is arrested trying to smuggle 28 kilos of gold bullion from Hong Kong to Nepal.
S1.E4 ∙ Colombia (Glen's story)
Glen Heggstad, an American adventurer, is kidnapped by the Colombian National Liberation Army.
S1.E5 ∙ Costa Rica/Mexico (Scott and Lucy's Story)
Scott Campbell and Lucy Baker are British travelers who were arrested in Mexico trying to sneak cocaine from Costa Rica into Amsterdam.
S1.E6 ∙ Australia (Mark's Story)
Mark Knowles is arrested in Sydney after attempting to smuggle cocaine from the U.S. to Australia.
S1.E7 ∙ Venezuela/Margarita Island (Denis and Donald's Story)
Two Britons, Donald MacNeil and Denis Wale were arrested off the island of Margarita, Venezuela after being pressured to collect an enormous shipment of cocaine worth £30 million.
S1.E8 ∙ Thailand (The Sandra Gregory Story)
Sandra Gregory is arrested in Thailand trying to smuggle heroin into Japan.
S2.E1 ∙ Uganda: Death in the Jungle
Witness the terrifying story of a tourist group's kidnapping by Hutu rebels in Uganda.
S2.E2 ∙ Nightmare in Chechnya
Jon and Camilla move from England to contribute to a children's center in war torn Chechnya... only to be kidnapped for ransom.
S2.E3 ∙ India: Hostage to Terror
Explores the events leading up to the Kidnapping of Travelers Rhys Partridge and Bella Muss and the incredible story of their struggle to survive and escape from every travelers worst nightmare.
S2.E4 ∙ Philippines: Fatal Mission
Gracia and Martin Burnham, Christian missionaries in the Philippines, are kidnapped by members of Abu Sayyaf, a Muslim fundamentalist group.
S2.E5 ∙ Malaysia
Witness the terrifying ordeal of vacationers brutally kidnapped by a Muslim militant group.
S3.E1 ∙ Kuwait
After being arrested for selling drugs, Scott White made a daring escape during the Iraqi invasion.
S3.E2 ∙ Peru/Lima
When Russell Thoresen smuggled drugs for love, he ended up alone, in a three-year nightmare.
S3.E3 ∙ Bangladesh
After a teenager is found with 7 pounds of heroin, she faces 30 years in a Bangladesh prison.
S3.E4 ∙ Pakistan
While on assignment, a British journalist is charged with spying and imprisoned in Pakistan.
S3.E5 ∙ Peru/Cuzco
The story of Sarah Jackson, who agreed to become a drugs courier to pay off a £3,000 debt, convinces her friend Simon Burke to go to Peru with her in order to serve as her unwitting drug-smuggling accomplice.
S3.E6 ∙ Taiwan
Held at gunpoint by Taiwan's most wanted criminal, the Alexander family endured a grueling 26 hours.
S3.E7 ∙ Ecuador
Follow the harrowing story of a drug run gone bad when a fellow mule makes a deal with prosecutors.
S3.E8 ∙ South Korea
National Geographic follows the story of a man lured into the South Korean drug industry.
S4.E1 ∙ Caracas/Venezuela Blues
David Evans is arrested trying to smuggle drugs from Venezuela to Amsterdam.
S4.E2 ∙ Kidnapped in the Philippines
Greg Williams is a volunteer who worked for the church, until he in 1996 got kidnapped by a terrorist group who have connections with Al-Qaeda.
S4.E3 ∙ Puerto Vallarta/Mexican Justice
Jake Libbon gets arrested in Mexico for selling marijuana, then is falsely accused of shooting two police officers.
S4.E4 ∙ Brazil/Sao Paulo Death Trap
Brendan and his friends accept an offer to go to Brazil, pick up a package of cocaine and take it to Hungary. They are sent to the local police station and locked in a service elevator for two days because of space limitations.
S4.E5 ∙ Indonesia/Busted In Bali
A random encounter with a family friend at the Bali airport was all it took to land Chris Parnell in jail and arrested on charges of smuggling 12 kilos of hashish.
S4.E6 ∙ Mexico/Teen Smuggler
Grew up in the ghetto of El Paso Texas. Son to a single mother who didn't care he wasn't going anywhere. A small job at an auto shop got him involved in smuggling drugs from Mexico. Which eventually took a turn for the worst.
S4.E7 ∙ Cuba/Hooked In Havana
When Kahlilah met big-shot music producer Roy, she didn't expect that her life would change forever. Just months into their relationship, Roy forced her to smuggle 18 pounds of cocaine.
S4.E8 ∙ Iraq/Kidnapped In Iraq
Two journalists are captured by insurgents after entering a northern Iraqi town to report on an impending battle.
S4.E9 ∙ Barbados/Busted And Pregnant
A struggling single mother, offered a way out of her financial troubles by smuggling drugs, is arrested at the airport only to find herself pregnant and now in prison for five years.
S4.E10 ∙ Ecuador/Conned In Quito
An unsuspecting woman, Zoe McGarry, is given a suitcase full of cocaine and is arrested when attempting to board a plane with it.
S4.E11 ∙ Sierra Leone/Jungle Siege
During a U.N. peace mission, a minor incident sparks nationwide fighting, leading Major Phil Ashby to flee his disarmament camp and chance survival in a daring escape through the jungle.
S4.E12 ∙ Jamaica/Jamaican Getaway
T.K. White and her girlfriend are sent to Kingston's notorious central prison after attempting to smuggle marijuana.
S4.E13 ∙ India/Delhi/Party Girl
Clare Matthews quits her job and travels to India. But when money gets tight, she gambles for a quick payout: sending hash illegally to London via parcel. It works the first time, even the second. But the third time, her luck runs out and she ends up in one of the world's largest jails.
S5.E1 ∙ The Real Midnight Express
In intimate detail, Locked Up Abroad reveals Billy Hayes' real-life experience behind the Oscar-winning 1978 film, "Midnight Express."
S5.E2 ∙ Saddam's Iraq
Follow the story of oil field contractors in Iraq that found themselves in a two-month-nightmare after attempting to flee the country on the heels of impending war.
S5.E3 ∙ Tokyo Takedown
Witness the grueling sentence Jackie Nichols faces after attempting to smuggle hashish in Japan.
S5.E4 ∙ Bangkok Underworld
An English teacher in Bangkok is sentenced to life in prison after attempting to smuggle heroin for a $10,000 pay-out.
S5.E5 ∙ Spain / Smuggler Makeover
A music-loving hippie agrees to smuggle cocaine from Ecuador to Europe to earn some extra money for a baby on the way.
S5.E6 ∙ Panama / Colombia Ambush
A jungle adventure turns sour when American backpacker Mark Wedeven and his travel companions are taken hostage by armed guerilla soldiers in Panama.
S6.E1 ∙ Saudi Bootlegger
Scottish chef Gordon Malloch arrives in Saudi Arabia to start a new life as a catering manager, but quickly finds himself a profitable sideline as a bootlegger.
S6.E2 ∙ The Real Goodfella
Henry Hill--who inspired the movie Goodfellas--relays the true story of his rise and fall as a drug dealing wiseguy in the New York mob.
S6.E3 ∙ Forbidden Love
An internet romance sparks a tragic turn of events ending with a 14 year prison sentence.
S6.E4 ∙ Mexico Money Machine
Jeremy Khinoo pushes his luck when he tries to buy illegal prescription drugs with fake cash in Mexico.
S6.E5 ∙ Heroin Sting
A fantasy vacation turns into a seven-year nightmare when Brigene Young is busted for smuggling drugs hidden in her shoes.
S6.E6 ∙ Daredevil Drug Runner
A former soldier must rely on his combat training to survive a violent Spanish prison after being convicted of smuggling 500 kilos of hashish.
S6.E7 ∙ The Cocaine Trap
Stephen Sutton agrees to transport gold from Argentina to Australia in exchange for $15,000, but he's tricked into carrying cocaine and gets caught.
S6.E8 ∙ Drug Dealer Revenge
Addicted to cocaine, unable to keep a job and desperate for money, Robert Pringle agrees to smuggle cocaine out of Peru. When Robert has second thoughts and tries to back out of the deal, drug dealers threaten him and his family.
S6.E9 ∙ Teenage Drug Smuggler
Vivian Carrasquillo from Brooklyn, New York is offered $20,000 to be a drug mule. The task appears easy when she's assured the Colombian customs officials have been bribed. But things are not as they seem and instead she ends up on a crash diet in a terrifying tropical jail.
S6.E10 ∙ Backstabbed in Thailand
Faced with an impending manslaughter trial, a military veteran travels to Thailand for a quick getaway. While there, she learns her travel companion is planning on smuggling heroin back to the U.S., and she agrees to help her out.
S7.E1 ∙ From Hollywood to Hell
An American football star turned stuntman was arrested in Pakistan for unknowingly smuggling Opium for a friend. He would survive 3 years in hellish conditions before earning his fellow prisoners respect and his so long waited freedom.
S7.E2 ∙ The Juggler Smuggler
Mark Greening has the easy life as a magician in Bali ... until he finds out he's going to be a dad.
S7.E3 ∙ Escape from Argentina
Lucy Wright is a nursing student when her life goes from bad to worse to hell. Her boyfriend leaves, she becomes addicted to crack, and the bills keep piling up.
S7.E4 ∙ Highway to Hell
Thomas Hamill takes a job as a civilian truck driver for the U.S. military in war-torn Iraq. When his convoy is attacked and he is taken hostage by insurgents, Thomas knows he could be killed at any moment.
S7.E5 ∙ Black Palace of Horrors
Dwight Worker is busted in Mexico for smuggling coke and attempts a daring escape from one of the country's most notorious prison
S7.E6 ∙ Cocaine Mule Mom
A middle aged mother of three decides to smuggle drugs to survive.
S7.E7 ∙ Dangerous Liasons
The story of a British male nurse who was arrested for being gay in Saudi Arabia, where homosexuality is considered a capital offense.
S7.E8 ∙ Colombian Kidnap
Erez Eltawil and Reini Weigel are among eight backpackers who are snatched by guerrillas during a trek in remote northern Colombia.
S7.E9 ∙ Caribbean Nightmare
Jayne Blaydon thought she had landed a dream job when she accepted an offer to teach lap dancing in a Caribbean nightclub.
S7.E10 ∙ Son of Saddam
Iraqi soldier Latif Yahia is fighting in the Iran-Iraq War when he is summoned to the Palace. Here, Latif claims Saddam Hussein's eldest son Uday demanded Latif become his body double.
S8.E1 ∙ My Dad the Smuggler
Scott Campbell goes travelling in China with his estranged father, only to find out that his dad is a professional smuggler carrying 20 kilos of cannabis.
S8.E2 ∙ I Am Not a Terrorist
Duane Wollum has two kilos of cocaine strapped to his body but the police think it's a bomb.
S8.E3 ∙ Hasidic King of Coke
When a strictly orthodox Jewish grocer becomes a cocaine smuggler, his traditional appearance makes him invisible to customs officers, until his decision to become 'the Jewish Pablo Escobar' leads to a stretch in a violent Brazilian prison.
S8.E4 ∙ Not Without My Baby
When Susan's Haglof's adoption goes wrong, she ends up in an Egyptian jail, facing a charge of human trafficking.
S8.E5 ∙ Chilean Prison Break
Californian Tom Hanway takes the hippie trail to South America where cocaine is cheap and available. He plans to take 500 hits of LSD with him and trade it for a kilo of coke which he'll bring back to the States.
S8.E6 ∙ The Orchid Hunters
Two young British backpackers searching for orchids and adventure are kidnapped as they try to cross from Panama to Colombia via the notoriously dangerous Darien Gap.
S8.E7 ∙ Venezuela Hustle
After meeting a local drug dealer, down on his luck Irish plumber Paul agrees to smuggle six kilos of cocaine from Venezuela back to Dublin for a payment of 10,000 pounds. However when Paul is caught at the airport in Caracas it turns into the worst decision of his life.
S8.E8 ∙ Nightmare in Somalia
Australian photographer Nigel Brennan and a Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout are taken hostage in war torn Somalia by Islamic gunmen and held captive for 462 days.
S8.E9 ∙ Busted in Bangkok
Angela Carnegie suspects her relationship is ending when her lover walks out on her one morning. She decides to start over by smuggling drugs from Bangkok, but the job is a bust when airport officials find bricks of heroin in the lining of her bag.
S8.E10 ∙ Escape from the Gulag
It's 1976 in Cold War Moscow, and American Jerry finds himself in the worst situation possible: busted for smuggling drugs from Kuala Lumpur to Russia.
S9.E1 ∙ Vietnam POWs: McCain & Brace
The harrowing story of American POWs Ernie Brace and John McCain during their Vietnam war imprisonment. As the longest held POW in Vietnam history, Ernie Brace likely endured more than any other POW during the war. Held for almost eight years, he faced capture, starvation, sickness, torture, solitude and desperation. After three-and-a-half years, Brace was transported from the jungle to the infamous prison in Vietnam dubbed the "Hanoi Hilton," and finally heard the voice of another American in the adjoining cell: Lt. Cmdr. John McCain, a Navy pilot shot down over Hanoi. An incredible story of strength, friendship, and heroism.
S9.E2 ∙ Raving Arizona
Shaun Attwood left his life in England to follow his dream and became a successful stockbroker in America. After moving to Phoenix, Ariz., he soon finds himself using ecstasy and then begins dealing. But when a local mafia boss takes offense, the door opens on a criminal underworld.
S9.E3 ∙ Snakes on a Plane
Tom Crutchfield, a salesman living in Fort Myers, Fla., successfully smuggled crocodiles, snakes, tarantulas and king cobras around the world. When Belize officials deport him back to the U.S., federal marshals are waiting.
S9.E4 ∙ Buried Alive
For Roy Hallums, a routine trip to the office turned into the ultimate fight for his life. In 2004, the 20-year Navy veteran was working in Iraq when he was suddenly kidnapped. His Iraqi captors sealed him in an underground room, just barely keeping him alive while demanding a $12 million ransom. Locked Up Abroad goes inside his harrowing story of how he survived.
S9.E5 ∙ The Real Argo
Learn the real story behind the Academy Award-winning movie "Argo" from the people who actually inspired the film. Locked Up Abroad sits down with Antonio Mendez -- the former CIA officer portrayed in the movie by Ben Affleck -- along with former hostages Mark Lijek and Cora Amburn-Lijek. Combining archival news footage with their first-person accounts, see how the CIA rescued six American diplomats from Tehran, Iran, by having them pose as a movie crew.
S9.E6 ∙ Mexican Prison Escape
In the summer of 1972, five young Americans are caught trying to smuggle more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana out of Mexico. While awaiting trial, they are sent to Mazatlan Prison and desperately begin planning their escape. For six weeks, the group tunnels through a concrete wall using a butter knife and some rocks, only to find that they're sitting on top of water that won't stop gushing through the dirt floor. Will these detainees be able to escape one of Mexico's most violent prisons?
S9.E7 ∙ Hippie Mafia
Eddie Padilla is living the high life in Maui, surfing, partying and drug smuggling to support his cocaine addiction. But a run-in with the Peruvian police on a smuggling trip lands him and two friends in a prison called The House of the Devil. The guards say they expect them to try to escape, but if they don't make it they are killed. Even so, they decide to do whatever it takes to get out. Eddie shares his story of being Locked Up Abroad and the terrifying events that led to his freedom.
S9.E8 ∙ Vegas Mobster
It's 1979 and Chicago mobster Frank Cullotta heads to Las Vegas for more opportunity. His Hole in the Wall gang becomes notorious for their high-stakes robberies. Eventually, his thievery comes to an end when the FBI catches up with him. They want him to testify against his mob. While not exactly locked up abroad, he enters the witness protection program. Now speaking out, Frank shares secrets from his life in the mob and spills on the jewelry burglary that got him locked up sort of.
S9.E9 ∙ Fast, Furious & Busted
Locked Up Abroad comes home to the United States to visit 19-year-old street racer Rick Cedar in Spokane, Washington. When he finds out his girlfriend is pregnant, he's overwhelmed. Short on cash, Rick decides to use his knowledge of cars to scam people online into buying engines he'll never send them. His con catches up to him when one buyer comes knocking down his door with threats. To pay him back, Rick decides the only way out is deeper into crime.
S9.E10 ∙ Hunting Mr Nice
When British schoolteacher Howard Marks agrees to help an old friend finish off a drug deal, he has no idea that it will be the start of a new career. Attracted by the easy money and the thrill of being a smuggler, he is soon running a huge transatlantic operation. But when one of his loads is busted, Howard becomes a wanted man and goes on the run. Concealing his identity using a string of aliases, he continues to smuggle over the next 6 years.
S10.E1 ∙ Plane Crash Marijuana
In 1972, 19 year old American Jim Pap Rocki, a college graduate is convinced by his brother-in-law to join him on a drug run to Southern Mexico. All goes to plan until the cargo catches fire and they are forced to crash-land.
S10.E2 ∙ Thai Prison Hell
In 1993, 25-year-old Australian Martin Garnett is earning good money at a car dealership in Sydney, but he's hungry for more. He's caught smuggling 4.7 kg of heroin to Bangkok and is set to become Australia's longest serving prisoner overseas.
S10.E3 ∙ Bogota Belly Bust
The story of 28-year-old Canadian Tabitha Ritchie, whose life took a terrifying turn when she was caught smuggling drugs out of Colombia.
S10.E4 ∙ Somali Pirate Hostage Hell
The shocking story of south african couple Debbie Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari, who were kidnapped by Somali pirates and held captive for 10 terrifying months.
S10.E5 ∙ Gaddafi's American Prisoner
Captured by Qaddafi's men while fighting with rebels in Libya, Baltimore-born Matthew VanDyke spent nearly six months in solitary confinement.
S10.E6 ∙ Jungle Terror
The traumatic story of an American schoolboy and his mother, who were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf, a jihadist group, in the Philippines and held to ransom in the jungle.
S11.E1 ∙ Ecuador - Breaking Bad in Britain
When British police raid his cocaine lab, drug dealer Pieter Tritton is forced to go on the run - but he can't resist collecting one final shipment from Ecuador. Unaware that British police have tipped off Ecuador's narcotics agents, Pieter is caught red-handed with two kilograms of pure cocaine. Sentenced to 12 years, Pieter must find out fast if he's got what it takes to survive in one of the world's most violent and corrupt penal systems.
S11.E2 ∙ Escape from Al Qaeda
After days embedded with rebels from the Free Syrian Army, rookie photographer Matthew Schrier decides he's ridden his luck long enough. But on his way out of Aleppo he's kidnapped by Al Nusra Front, the Syrian Al Qaeda. Matthew is beaten and tortured, but when the opportunity to escape arises, he is forced to face his toughest test yet - save himself or stay with his fellow American prisoner.
S11.E3 ∙ Narco At Nineteen
Teenager Simone Blignaut is in Bolivia to secure a major cocaine deal when she's double-crossed; now she must evade capture.
S11.E4 ∙ Double Crossed in the Desert
British journalist Phil Cox returns to Sudan to investigate allegations of illegally deployed chemical weapons; but when he learns that there's a 'kill or capture' bounty on his head his plan starts to unravel.
S11.E5 ∙ Mexican Border Bust
In 1974 Steve Peterson had fully embraced the laid-back counterculture of Southern California, and when the opportunity to smuggle 120 kilos of marijuana from Mexico into the U,S, presented itself, he jumped at it. But when the plan was interrupted by Tijuana cops, Steve faced years behind bars in the infamous and deadly La Mesa penitentiary ... unless he could find a way to escape.
S11.E6 ∙ Bad Bromance
When U.S. Naval Officer Lemar Burton's wife and son leave him, he turns to partying all night with his best friend, Dom. When the Navy demotes him, Lemar's debts start to rack up until Dom offers him the opportunity to make some easy money smuggling cocaine from Colombia. Arrested at the Bogota airport with 5 kilos hidden in a rucksack, Lemar must now survive one of Colombia's most brutal prisons - until salvation comes from the most unexpected quarter.
S12.E1 ∙ Thai Meth Bust
Jimmy gives up his job as a postman to open a bar in Thailand, but quickly starts dealing meth. The police get wise and in a dramatic takedown bust him and send him to prison.
S12.E2 ∙ Greek Border Bust
David embarks on an epic road trip, where he attempts to smuggle hash from Afghanistan to Germany. He is caught in Greece and imprisoned on an island.
S12.E3 ∙ Caribbean Coke King
Unemployed Michael Singh tries cocaine smuggling to make money. But after 7 successful runs, Michael is caught and left to rot in a Dominican prison.
S12.E4 ∙ Mexican Cartel Hell
In Mexico, Carlos Quijas is falsely imprisoned and tortured for drug smuggling. Inside Mexico's most dangerous prison, he has to get tough to survive.
S12.E5 ∙ Narco Wine Bust
Champion skier Nick Brewer flees home after life changing accident and works his way to the top of a multi-million dollar cocaine empire in Argentina.
S12.E6 ∙ Bangkok Betrayal
Hip hop dancer LaTasha thinks she's been offered the opportunity of a lifetime, but opportunity turns to nightmare when she finds herself locked up and pregnant in a Thai jail, having been fooled into smuggling heroin by a man she thought she loved.
S12.E7 ∙ Jungle Crash
On a mission to find drug labs in the Colombian jungle, Keith Stansell crashes. He's kidnapped by FARC guerrillas and held hostage for over five years.
S12.E8 ∙ Panamania
Canadian 21-year-old Christina Jocko loves spending money, partying and taking drugs. But when she discovers opiates her life spirals into addiction. Out of work, out of money and out of luck, an offer of an easy $10,000 for running cocaine from Panama looks like a way out. Little does she realize the tempting adventure will cost her five years of her life.
S12.E9 ∙ Indian Hash Bust
Australian hippie Mark O'Brien is dissatisfied with life. He joins an ashram in India, led by the infamous guru Osho, looking for enlightenment. But when a fellow disciple encourages Mark to join her in a plan to smuggle an exotic form of hash to Amsterdam, it sets off a chain of events that leads him to a very different commune: the notorious Yawanda Central Prison.
S12.E10 ∙ Peruvian Parent Trap
When cousins Paris and Maron go to Peru to help out family on a business opportunity, they get more than what they bargained for.
S13.E1 ∙ Undercover Biker
After his arrest, drug dealer Charles Falco strikes a deal and becomes an undercover confidential informant. For the first time, Charles tells his story of how he infiltrated the Vagos, one of the most violent biker gangs in the US.
S13.E2 ∙ Korean Ecstasy King
In South Korea, English teacher Jesse Moskel becomes the kingpin of a huge MDMA smuggling operation - and one of Southeast Asia's most wanted men.
S13.E3 ∙ Pop Star Smuggler
Jimmy Bauer is on the cusp of breaking into the music industry and only one thing stands in his way. Money. He faces moral temptation and life-changing decisions, all as he works out what's more important to him. The fame? Or the music?
S13.E4 ∙ Undercover Arms Dealer
When legitimate arms dealer Peter Bleach is asked to supply weapons for a suspected Indian terrorist cell, he agrees to go undercover for British Intelligence to capture the ringleader.
S13.E5 ∙ Model Drug Runner
Garrain Jones moves to L.A and launches a modeling career. Soon he has it all - the money, the lifestyle, the status but he loses everything when he is drawn into a shadowy drug-smuggling operation from which he cannot escape.
S13.E6 ∙ Drug Runner Mom
Single mom Melanie Di Egidio is set up by her Colombian contact during her drug run to Ecuador. Caught by the police, she turns informer but is imprisoned anyway. In prison, she falls in love, marries a fellow inmate and gets pregnant.
S13.E7 ∙ King of Weed
Canadian Hockey Pro Ryan Phillips is destined to become a star but as he climbs the ranks, he starts running a more profitable business alongside his hockey career - smuggling hundreds of pounds of marijuana from Canada into the US.
S13.E8 ∙ Colombian Double Cross
Single mom Heather Ebling's dream vacation to Colombia doesn't live up to expectations. Then disappointment turns to terror when on her way home she's arrested for drug trafficking.
S13.E9 ∙ Peruvian Prison Break
Tina Myers is an exotic dancer and part time drug dealer. After she decides to make money on a Peruvian drug run, she embarks on a dangerous ride to the dark side of Peru's underworld, culminating in an insane prison escape.
S13.E10 ∙ Miami Mobster Take Down
When Miami mobster Tony Galeota opens a club in Panama City, the competition frames him for drug dealing and human trafficking. Locked up in one of the world's worst prisons, Tony has to prove his innocence and attempt an audacious escape.
S14.E1 ∙ Declassified: A Rat's Tale
When a gun runner and drug dealer infiltrates a blood thirsty biker gang for a million-dollar payout, he gets swept up in a horrific murder hit. Faced with a lifetime behind bars for his involvement, he has no choice but to go undercover.
S14.E2 ∙ Declassified: Undercover Crack Dealer
In this real-life version of Baltimore drama The Wire, local drug dealer Davon Mayer has a knack for making money. But when he gets arrested by two cops, to his surprise, they don't want him in jail, they want him to sell drugs for their profit. Davon soon finds himself enslaved by the corrupt cops' greed. The only way out is to risk his life and go undercover for the FBI to take them down.
S14.E3 ∙ Mafia Terminator
In this real life Goodfellas tale, New York teen John Alite gets a job at his local deli, a hangout for 'wise guys'. He soon finds himself wanting to be a mobster, and starts running errands for them. Rising swiftly through the ranks, John buries his conscience to become a notorious Mafia hitman for John Gotti. But when the house of cards tumbles, John must choose between his family and his oath to the Mob.
S14.E4 ∙ Declassified: Mole in the Mob
Gangster turned informer Kenji Gallo risks all to bring down a New York mafia boss by working for the FBI.
S14.E5 ∙ Meth's Top Model
A model who is doing well moves to Hollywood. Unable to afford her lifestyle, she starts smuggling drugs alongside her photo shoots. Then a trip becomes fatal.
S14.E6 ∙ Declassified: Mexican Cartel Takedown
A reckless narcotics agent sets out in pursuit of a Mexican cartel leader, but finds himself sucked into the criminal underworld where the line between good and evil becomes blurred.
S14.E7 ∙ Thai Ice Storm
A young Londoner gets an exciting offer to work in his dad's bar in Thailand, but when he arrives, he soon discovers a world of temptation that he can't resist, breaking his father's golden rule.
S14.E8 ∙ 50 Ton Pot Run
A 1970s American hippie, David Victorson, and his naive pal are small time dealers selling hash to Boston college kids, until they get approached by a Colombian cartel keen to use their skills. Seduced by the danger and the dollars, they soon become multimillionaire importers, shipping tens of tons of marijuana on freighters up the West Coast of the United States, until one of the biggest busts in US history forces them on the run to Bolivia.
S14.E9 ∙ The Mother's Load
A young mother addicted to crack cocaine takes her daughter on a risky drug smuggling job in Venezuela, but her world collapses when the two are torn apart.
S14.E10 ∙ A Bellyful of Coke
A troubled young father learns a hard lesson chasing a gangster lifestyle when he is set up as a decoy on a smuggling trip from Peru.
S15.E0 ∙ Narco Neverland
To escape a life of grinding poverty, a young Southside Chicago gangster, Julio Cesar Almanza (who also goes by JC Almanza) is drawn into smuggling drugs for a dangerous Mexican cartel. His life is going well until the sad day that it all goes wrong.
S15.E1 ∙ Trauma Express
Travel-loving Bronwyn Atherton finds herself on the road to destruction when she is lured into the shady world of international drug smuggling.
S15.E2 ∙ Declassified: Double Cross Dope Deal
As the Cartels, DEA and a terrifying hitman all close in, drug runner Chris Heifner turns informant to save his family and take down his best friend.
S15.E4 ∙ Love Behind Bars
After smuggling drugs for eighteen months, Anelda Mare decides to quit, only to be told her parents will be killed unless she makes one last run.
S15.E5 ∙ Big Trouble in Tokyo
Steven Beattie's Thai party lifestyle isn't cheap. He smuggles hash to fund it, but pays the ultimate price when he's locked up in Japan.
S15.E6 ∙ Declassified: A King's Ransom
Rafael Arguelles is a gangster by the age of 17 but faces life-threatening consequences after going undercover for the FBI against his former friends.
S15.E7 ∙ Sole Smuggler
David Harte is in his forties when his life collapses around him. He is tempted into the shady world of drug smuggling before being busted in Mauritius.
S15.E8 ∙ Fighting Yaba
This installment details the true story of Boxing Billy Moore's struggle to survive inside Klong Prem Prison, the notorious "Bangkok Hilton". Billy Moore traveled to Thailand to escape a life of drug addiction and alcoholism. He managed to overcome his inner demons for awhile, but eventually relapsed after trying yaba, which is a highly addictive form of methamphetamine.
S15.E9 ∙ Casualty of War
Veteran British soldier Brett Leonard Makinson, a retired parachute regiment medic, heads to India to overcome his PTSD but is soon tempted into smuggling weed out of the Himalayas to various parts of Europe. Caught and jailed in India, he is tortured until he signs a blank piece of paper for the Indian authorities. They sentence him to 18 years for smuggling a plethora of drugs, including ones he was not smuggling, which was why he was given such a long sentence. The worst part is that his innocent girlfriend is also jailed, and she was only with him for the sight-seeing aspect of his travel. He is released from jail early after serving 3.5 years due to a prisoner exchange with Britain, where he serves two more years in jail in his homeland. Wanting to atone for his past life, he volunteers to travel to Ukraine to help the Ukrainians in the 2022 war that was started when Russia invaded Ukraine.
S15.E10 ∙ Dame of Cocaine
This is the true story of Andrea Mohr from Germany. She was involved in international drug smuggling and other criminal activities such as organized crime. She organized numerous drug trades around the world. She served a prison sentence from 1999 to 2004 in the high-security prison for women in Australia, in the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
