Locked Up Abroad
Travelers share stories of being arrested in foreign countries.
- 2007-2022
- 15 seasons
- National Geographic Channel
- Documentary, Drama
- TV-14
Travelers share stories of being arrested in foreign countries.
Season 13 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2020
Episode 1
Undercover Biker
Wed, Jan 1, 2020 44 mins
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.
Episode 2
Korean Ecstasy King
Wed, Jan 8, 2020 44 mins
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.
Episode 3
Pop Star Smuggler
Wed, Jan 15, 2020 44 mins
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?
Episode 4
Undercover Arms Dealer
44 mins
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.
Episode 5
Model Drug Runner
Wed, Jan 29, 2020 44 mins
Garrain Jones grows up poor in Missouri City, Texas. Chasing money and celebrity, he goes to L.A. and works as a stripper called Mr Fantasy. Overnight success finds him launching a modelling career and starring in a music video with Beyoncé. For the first time in his life, he has it all - the money, the lifestyle, the status. But he soon loses everything when he is drawn into a shadowy European drug-smuggling operation from which he cannot escape.
Episode 6
Drug Runner Mom
Wed, Feb 5, 2020
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.
Episode 7
King of Weed
Wed, Feb 12, 2020 44 mins
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.
Episode 8
Colombian Double Cross
Wed, Feb 19, 2020 44 mins
Single mother Heather Ebling desperately needs a break, and when work colleague Danny invites her to Colombia, she jumps at the chance. But the trip soon turns sour and Ebling must head to the airport disappointed. Then when drugs are found in Danny's luggage, Ebling is also arrested and sent to a notorious jail, and she realizes she must fight to survive.
Episode 9
Peruvian Prison Break
Wed, Feb 26, 2020 44 mins
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.
Episode 10
Miami Mobster Take Down
Wed, Mar 4, 2020 44 mins
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.
