
In this global series presented by Michael K. Williams, we embed ourselves inside criminal enterprises to see how contraband moves across borders, and explore the politics behind a hidden economy nearly as big as the one you know.
Browse episodes by season for this series.


2016-08-16
Aired 2016-08-16
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.

2016-08-23
Aired 2016-08-23
Taking advantage of Venezuela's subsidized gas, Colombian smugglers known as kamikazes eek out a precarious living by smuggling this highly explosive commodity.

2016-08-30
Aired 2016-08-30
A secret part of the Internet is revolutionizing drug dealing.

2016-09-06
Aired 2016-09-06
Desperate young women fleeing the Syrian war are being trafficked into the sex trade under the guise of religion.

2016-09-13
Aired 2016-09-13
The world's most trafficked mammal may go extinct before most people know what it is.

2016-09-20
Aired 2016-09-20
A new kind of dating blurs the line between prostitution and romance.

2016-09-27
Aired 2016-09-27
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.

2016-10-04
Aired 2016-10-04
Scammers setup shop for their criminal enterprises inside London's public housing.

2016-10-11
Aired 2016-10-11
In Japan, young gangs look to break away from the older Yakuza through underground violence.

2016-10-18
Aired 2016-10-18
In Japan, young gangs look to break away from the older Yakuza through underground violence.
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