Criminal Planet
Documentary series investigating organized crime's worrying expansion in our global age.
- 2021-2021
- 1 season
- Vice TV
- Documentary, Suspense
Documentary series investigating organized crime's worrying expansion in our global age.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2021
Episode 1
The Albanian Mafia's International Cocaine Empire
Tue, May 11, 2021
A 'South American tsunami' of cocaine has flooded Europe. At the centre of it is the fearsome Albanian mafia and their deadly alliance with Columbia's biggest cocaine clan.
Episode 2
The Golden Meth Triangle
Tue, May 18, 2021
With the world's highest mark-ups, New Zealand is a top destination for meth. The impact of South American cartels and an Australian immigration law has led to bloody turf wars.
Episode 3
The World's Biggest Bank Robbery?
Tue, May 25, 2021
Two oligarch former owners of Ukraine's biggest bank stand accused of embezzling billions of dollars by means of fraudulent loans. Could this be the world's biggest bank robbery?
Episode 4
The Art World's Biggest Feud
Wed, Jun 2, 2021
Deep dive into the secretive art world and explore how some of the world's masterpieces are caught up in a gigantic alleged fraud feud: The Bouvier Affair.
Episode 5
Toxic Mafias: Making Billions on our Waste
Wed, Jun 9, 2021
"One man's trash is another man's treasure" has never rung truer than in Italy, where mafias have made billions on our waste for decades, at a detrimental cost to local communities.
Episode 6
New Zealand's Gang Explosion
Wed, Jun 16, 2021
With the world's highest markups, New Zealand is a top destination for meth. The impact of South American cartels and an Australian immigration law has led to bloody turf wars.
Episode 7
Butchered for Profit: Inside Organ Trafficking
Wed, Jun 23, 2021
The global black market for organs is thriving. We go inside this vile criminal trade to meet the unscrupulous surgeons and traffickers butchering people for profit.
Episode 8
Pay Up or Die: The Gang Extorting a Nation
Wed, Jun 30, 2021
El Salvador is the extortion capital of the world. Two of the world's most violent gangs, MS-13 and 18th street, use murder, rape and fear to steal a chunk of the country's GDP.