Black Market: Dispatches

TV-MA2016•30m

DocumentaryCrime

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.

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Status

Ended

First Aired

August 16, 2016

Last Aired

October 18, 2016

Networks

Viceland

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

The Tunnels of Gaza

Air date: 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.

Kamikaze Gas Smugglers

Air date: 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.

Dark Web

Air date: 2016-08-30

A secret part of the Internet is revolutionizing drug dealing.

Syrian Refugee Girls

Air date: 2016-09-06

Desperate young women fleeing the Syrian war are being trafficked into the sex trade under the guise of religion.

Poaching Pangolin

Air date: 2016-09-13

The world's most trafficked mammal may go extinct before most people know what it is.

Sugar Babies

Air date: 2016-09-20

A new kind of dating blurs the line between prostitution and romance.

Cheap Whites

Air date: 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.