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Trafficked: Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller

Trafficked: Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller

TV-142024•10.0/10
DocumentaryRealityCrime

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Award-winning journalist Mariana van Zeller investigates new emerging underworlds, including the trade in body parts, hired assassins, sextortion and the smuggling of people across the U.S.-Mexico border, to meet the players and learn the business.

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Production

National Geographic, Muck Media

Language

EN

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

January 17, 2024

Last Aired

March 20, 2024

Networks

National Geographic

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Assassins
E1
Assassins
Air date: 2024-01-17
What drives a person to make a living out of killing? Mariana goes inside the dark world of contract killers.
Sextortion
E2
Sextortion
Air date: 2024-01-24
Mariana investigates a new blackmail scam called "sextortion", in which compromising photos are used to extort victims and often leads to suicide.
Body Parts
E3
Body Parts
Air date: 2024-01-31
Mariana exposes how black market operators are profiting from the sale of stolen human remains on secret marketplaces in the U.S. and beyond.
Black Market Meds
E4
Black Market Meds
Air date: 2024-02-07
The high cost of prescription drugs has pushed millions of Americans to the black market — and into hands of criminal syndicates looking to cash in.
Apes
E5
Apes
Air date: 2024-02-14
Mariana heads to the Congo to investigate the illegal trade in wild apes that have them on the brink of extinction.
Migrant Smugglers
E6
Migrant Smugglers
Air date: 2024-02-21
Mariana heads to Mexico to investigate the billion-dollar business of people smuggling to the US — a system fueled by cartels and corruption.
Hash Smugglers
E7
Hash Smugglers
Air date: 2024-02-28
Mariana tracks the illicit path of hashish from Morocco into Europe — a world of shadowy dealers, lightning-fast smuggling boats and endless wealth.
Illegal Gambling
E8
Illegal Gambling
Air date: 2024-03-06
Mariana investigates a nefarious scam that tricks elderly Americans into becoming unwitting drug mules.
The Drug Mule Scam
E9
The Drug Mule Scam
Air date: 2024-03-13
Mariana investigates a nefarious scam that tricks elderly Americans into becoming unwitting drug mules.
Caught in an African Coup
E10
Caught in an African Coup
Air date: 2024-03-20
Mariana's investigation into how gold mining is funding terrorism gets interrupted by a military coup that strands the team in Niger.

Cast

Mariana van Zeller

Mariana van Zeller

Self - Host

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