Trafficked: Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2024-01-17

Last Air Date: 2024-03-20

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 10

Networks: National Geographic

Top Cast

Mariana van Zeller as Self - Host

Seasons

Season 1 (2024)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Assassins (2024-01-17)

What drives a person to make a living out of killing? Mariana goes inside the dark world of contract killers.
Ep. 2: Sextortion (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.
Ep. 3: Body Parts (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.
Ep. 4: Black Market Meds (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.
Ep. 5: Apes (2024-02-14)

Mariana heads to the Congo to investigate the illegal trade in wild apes that have them on the brink of extinction.
Ep. 6: Migrant Smugglers (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.
Ep. 7: Hash Smugglers (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.
Ep. 8: Illegal Gambling (2024-03-06)

Mariana investigates a nefarious scam that tricks elderly Americans into becoming unwitting drug mules.
Ep. 9: The Drug Mule Scam (2024-03-13)

Mariana investigates a nefarious scam that tricks elderly Americans into becoming unwitting drug mules.
Ep. 10: Caught in an African Coup (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.