Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller
TRAFFICKED explores the complex and often dangerous inner workings of the global underworld - smuggling networks, and black and informal markets.
- 2020-2025
- 5 seasons
- National Geographic Channel
- Documentary
- TV-14
TRAFFICKED explores the complex and often dangerous inner workings of the global underworld - smuggling networks, and black and informal markets.
Season 4 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2024
Episode 1
Assassins
Thu, Jan 18, 2024
Mariana van Zeller journeys inside the violent trade of contract killers, first tracking down an assassin in her hometown of Los Angeles before heading to a country where contract killings have become an almost daily occurrence in South Africa.
Episode 2
Sextortion
Thu, Jan 18, 2024
Mariana van Zeller investigates a new blackmail scam called sextortion, in which compromising photos are used to extort victims; she heads to the Philippines to try and find the scammer who shamed one young American victim into taking his own life.
Episode 3
Body Parts
Thu, Jan 18, 2024
The sale of human remains generates billions of dollars worldwide each year, but remains largely hidden from public view and abuse abounds. Anyone can become a victim of the remains trade.
Episode 4
Black Market Meds
Thu, Jan 18, 2024
Prescription drugs cost more in the US than anywhere else in the world. Nearly 20 million Americans are turning to the black market for drugs, and criminals are looking to capitalize on the growing demand.
Episode 5
Apes
Thu, Jan 18, 2024
Mariana heads to the Congo to investigate the illegal trading of wild apes that have apes on the brink of extinction.
Episode 6
Migrant Smugglers
Thu, Jan 18, 2024
As the debate over America's dysfunctional immigration system continues to rage, Mariana heads to Mexico to investigate the billion-dollar business of smuggling people into the US.
Episode 7
Hash Smugglers
Thu, Jan 18, 2024
When Mariana learns that R. Baldus is locked up in a prison in Mozambique for drug smuggling, an investigation begins. International crime syndicates are targeting elderly Americans luring them into becoming drug mules.
Episode 8
Illegal Gambling
Thu, Jan 18, 2024
Mariana, an investigative journalist, looks into a fraudulent scheme deceiving senior citizens in the United States. She hopes to uncover how the scam operates and who is behind it.
Episode 9
The Drug Mule Scam
Mon, Apr 1, 2024
When Mariana learns that R. Baldus is locked up in a prison in Mozambique for drug smuggling, an investigation begins. International crime syndicates are targeting elderly Americans luring them into becoming drug mules.
Episode 10
Caught in an African Coup
Mon, Jan 1, 2024