Black Market: Dispatches

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2016-08-16

Last Air Date: 2016-10-18

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 10

Networks: Viceland

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Top Cast

Michael Kenneth Williams as Himself - Host

Seasons

Season 1 (2016)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Tunnels of Gaza (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.
Ep. 2: Kamikaze Gas Smugglers (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.
Ep. 3: Dark Web (2016-08-30)

A secret part of the Internet is revolutionizing drug dealing.
Ep. 4: Syrian Refugee Girls (2016-09-06)

Desperate young women fleeing the Syrian war are being trafficked into the sex trade under the guise of religion.
Ep. 5: Poaching Pangolin (2016-09-13)

The world's most trafficked mammal may go extinct before most people know what it is.
Ep. 6: Sugar Babies (2016-09-20)

A new kind of dating blurs the line between prostitution and romance.
Ep. 7: Cheap Whites (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.
Ep. 8: Crime Towers (2016-10-04)

Scammers setup shop for their criminal enterprises inside London's public housing.
Ep. 9: Vietnam's Transgender Underground (2016-10-11)

In Japan, young gangs look to break away from the older Yakuza through underground violence.
Ep. 10: Underground Fighting (2016-10-18)

In Japan, young gangs look to break away from the older Yakuza through underground violence.