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.
Jan 17, 2024 - 45m
What drives a person to make a living out of killing? Mariana goes inside the dark world of contract killers.
Jan 24, 2024 - 45m
Mariana investigates a new blackmail scam called "sextortion", in which compromising photos are used to extort victims and often leads to suicide.
Jan 31, 2024 - 45m
Mariana exposes how black market operators are profiting from the sale of stolen human remains on secret marketplaces in the U.S. and beyond.
Feb 7, 2024 - 45m
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.
Feb 14, 2024 - 45m
Mariana heads to the Congo to investigate the illegal trade in wild apes that have them on the brink of extinction.
Feb 21, 2024 - 45m
Mariana heads to Mexico to investigate the billion-dollar business of people smuggling to the US — a system fueled by cartels and corruption.
Feb 28, 2024 - 45m
Mariana tracks the illicit path of hashish from Morocco into Europe — a world of shadowy dealers, lightning-fast smuggling boats and endless wealth.
Mar 6, 2024 - 45m
Mariana investigates a nefarious scam that tricks elderly Americans into becoming unwitting drug mules.
Mar 13, 2024 - 45m
Mariana investigates a nefarious scam that tricks elderly Americans into becoming unwitting drug mules.
Mar 20, 2024 - 54m
Mariana's investigation into how gold mining is funding terrorism gets interrupted by a military coup that strands the team in Niger.
