Black Market: Dispatches
In this global series presented by Michael K. Williams, VICE correspondents investigate what drives people into underground economies, and explore how they work.
- 2016-2016
- 1 season
- Viceland
- Documentary
- TV-14
In this global series presented by Michael K. Williams, VICE correspondents investigate what drives people into underground economies, and explore how they work.
Season 1 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 2016
Episode 1
The Tunnels of Gaza
Tue, Aug 16, 2016 23 mins
Suffering under economic blockade, Gazans use an illegal network of tunnels to smuggle in goods to survive. But the tunnels are under attack from Israel and Egypt.
Episode 2
Kamikaze Gas Smugglers
Tue, Aug 23, 2016 23 mins
Taking advantage of Venezuela's subsidized gas, Colombian smugglers known as kamikazes eek out a precarious living by smuggling this highly explosive commodity.
Episode 3
Dark Web
Tue, Aug 30, 2016 23 mins
A secret part of the internet is revolutionizing drug dealing.
Episode 4
Syrian Refugee Girls
Tue, Sep 6, 2016 23 mins
Desperate young women fleeing the Syrian war are being trafficked into the sex trade under the guise of religion.
Episode 5
Poaching Pangolin
Tue, Sep 13, 2016 23 mins
The world's most trafficked mammal may go extinct before most people know what it is.
Episode 6
Sugar Babies
Tue, Sep 20, 2016 23 mins
A new kind of dating is changing the rules of prostitution and romance.
Episode 7
Cheap Whites
Tue, Sep 27, 2016 23 mins
With their economy in shambles and a simmering war with Russia, Ukraine's citizens depend on smuggling contaminated, illegal cigarettes into the EU for survival.
Episode 9
Vietnam's Transgender Underground
Tue, Oct 11, 2016 23 mins
Discriminated against and shunned, Vietnam's trans community turns to illegal hormone and cosmetic treatments.
Episode 10
Underground Fighting
Tue, Oct 18, 2016 23 mins
The next generation of Japanese street gangs challenge the power of the Yakuza and make inroads into the underground fight scene.