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Documentary series where viewers are taken inside accounts of capture, incarceration, and terror far away from home with intimate personal interviews and dramatic reenactments.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Banged Up Abroad Season 13 Episode 4 - Undercover Arms Dealer
    9.3/10(21 votes)

    S13:E4

    When legitimate arms dealer Peter Bleach is asked to supply weapons for a suspected Indian terrorist cell, he agrees to go undercover for British Intelligence to capture the ringleader.

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  2. Banged Up Abroad Season 15 Episode 10 - Dame of Cocaine
    9.2/10(11 votes)

    S15:E10

    This is the true story of Andrea Mohr from Germany. She was involved in international drug smuggling and other criminal activities such as organized crime. She organized numerous drug trades around the world. She served a prison sentence from 1999 to 2004 in the high-security prison for women in Australia, in the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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  3. Banged Up Abroad Season 15 Episode 5 - Big Trouble in Tokyo
    9.0/10(10 votes)

    S15:E5

    Steven Beattie's Thai party lifestyle isn't cheap. He smuggles hash to fund it, but pays the ultimate price when he's locked up in Japan.

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  4. Banged Up Abroad Season 9 Episode 6 - The Real Argo
    8.7/10(64 votes)

    S9:E6

    Hear the real story behind the Academy Award-winning movie 'Argo' from those who inspired it. Locked Up Abroad sits down with Antonio Mendez, the CIA officer portrayed by Ben Affleck, along with former hostages.

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  5. Banged Up Abroad Season 12 Episode 5 - Argentina/Narco Wine Bust
    8.7/10(25 votes)

    S12:E5

    Champion skier Nick Brewer gets involved in a multi-million dollar cocaine empire in Argentina.

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  6. Banged Up Abroad Season 10 Episode 5 - Gadaffi's American Prisoner
    8.6/10(24 votes)

    S10:E5

    Captured by Gaddafi's men while fighting with rebels in Libya, Baltimore-born Matthew VanDyke spent nearly six months in solitary confinement.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Banged Up Abroad Season 12 Episode 3 - Dominican Republic/Caribbean Coke King
    8.6/10(28 votes)

    S12:E3

    Unemployed Michael Singh tries cocaine smuggling to make money. But after 7 successful runs, Michael is caught and left to rot in a Dominican prison.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Banged Up Abroad Season 12 Episode 4 - Mexico/Mexican Cartel Hell
    8.6/10(28 votes)

    S12:E4

    In Mexico, Carlos Quijas is falsely imprisoned and tortured for drug smuggling. Inside Mexico's most dangerous prison, he has to get tough to survive.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Banged Up Abroad Season 13 Episode 6 - Drug Runner Mom
    8.6/10(22 votes)

    S13:E6

    Struggling single mom Melanie Di Egidio risks all in exchange for a quick buck, but when the plan goes wrong Melanie is busted with 6 kilos of heroin, caught up in a high-profile sting, and sent to a tough Ecuadorian prison.

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  10. Banged Up Abroad Season 13 Episode 9 - Peruvian Prison Break
    8.6/10(23 votes)

    S13:E9

    A wild-living exotic dancer leaves the club scene of Florida to make a dangerous journey into Peru’s drugs underworld, culminating in an insane prison escape.

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  11. Banged Up Abroad Season 4 Episode 11 - Sierra Leone/Jungle Siege
    8.5/10(39 votes)

    S4:E11

    During a U.N. peace mission, a minor incident sparks nationwide fighting, leading Major Phil Ashby to flee his disarmament camp and chance survival in a daring escape through the jungle.

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  12. Banged Up Abroad Season 7 Episode 8 - Colombian Kidnap
    8.5/10(15 votes)

    S7:E8

    Erez Eltawil and Reini Weigel are among eight backpackers who are snatched by guerrillas during a trek in remote northern Colombia.

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  13. Banged Up Abroad Season 7 Episode 10 - Son of Saddam
    8.5/10(118 votes)

    S7:E10

    Iraqi soldier Latif Yahia describes how he was summoned to Saddam Hussein's palace and forced to become the body double of the dictator's eldest and most notorious son, Uday.

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  14. Banged Up Abroad Season 9 Episode 1 - Vietnam POWs: McCain and Brace
    8.5/10(54 votes)

    S9:E1

    As the longest POW in Vietnam, Ernie Brace likely endured more than any other POW during the war. After years in the jungle, he went to the infamous 'Hanoi Hilton' prison and heard an American voice: Lt. Cmdr. John McCain.

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  15. Banged Up Abroad Season 10 Episode 2 - Thai Prison Hell
    8.5/10(27 votes)

    S10:E2

    In 1993, 25-year-old Australian Martin Garnett is already earning good money at a luxury car dealership in Sydney, but he's hungry for more. He is caught smuggling 4.7 kilos of heroin into Bangkok and is set to become Australia's longest serving prisoner overseas.

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  16. Banged Up Abroad Season 12 Episode 6 - Thailand/Bangkok Betrayal
    8.5/10(23 votes)

    S12:E6

    Hip hop dancer LaTasha thinks she's been offered the opportunity of a lifetime, but opportunity turns to nightmare when she finds herself locked up and pregnant in a Thai jail, having been fooled into smuggling heroin by a man she thought she loved.

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  17. Banged Up Abroad Season 14 Episode 1 - Declassified Mexican Cartel Takedown
    8.5/10(8 votes)

    S14:E1

    When a DEA Agent goes after a notorious cartel boss, he gets sucked into a treacherous world where a fatal mistake destroys his life.

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  18. Banged Up Abroad Season 15 Episode 8 - Fighting Yaba
    8.5/10(14 votes)

    S15:E8

    This installment details the true story of Boxing Billy Moore's struggle to survive inside Klong Prem Prison, the notorious "Bangkok Hilton". Billy Moore traveled to Thailand to escape a life of drug addiction and alcoholism. He managed to overcome his inner demons for awhile, but eventually relapsed after trying yaba, which is a highly addictive form of methamphetamine.

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  19. Banged Up Abroad Season 9 Episode 2 - Raving Arizona
    8.4/10(48 votes)

    S9:E2

    Shaun Attwood left England to be a stockbroker in America and finds himself dealing ecstasy.

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  20. Banged Up Abroad Season 13 Episode 2 - Korean Ecstasy King
    8.4/10(23 votes)

    S13:E2

    In South Korea, English teacher Jesse Moskel becomes the kingpin of a huge MDMA smuggling operation - and one of Southeast Asia's most wanted men.

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  21. Banged Up Abroad Season 13 Episode 10 - Miami Mobster Take Down
    8.4/10(19 votes)

    S13:E10

    Miami mobster Tony Galeota is locked up in Panama after being framed for drug dealing and human trafficking. Can he prove his innocence and escape?

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Banged Up Abroad Season 7 Episode 5 - Black Palace of Horrors
    8.3/10(46 votes)

    S7:E5

    Dwight Worker is busted in Mexico for smuggling coke and attempts a daring escape from one of the country's most notorious prison.

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  23. Banged Up Abroad Season 12 Episode 7 - Colombia/Jungle Crash
    8.3/10(19 votes)

    S12:E7

    On a mission to find drug labs in the Colombian jungle, Keith Stansell crashes. He's kidnapped by FARC guerrillas and held hostage for over five years.

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  24. Banged Up Abroad Season 12 Episode 9 - Indian Hash Bust
    8.3/10(25 votes)

    S12:E9

    Mark joins an ashram looking for enlightenment, but he finds himself locked up in India.

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  25. Banged Up Abroad Season 2 Episode 3 - Nepal (Piers' Story)
    8.2/10(27 votes)

    S2:E3

    Piers Hernu, a dual British-French traveller, is arrested trying to smuggle 28 kilos of gold bullion from Hong Kong to Nepal.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Undercover Arms Dealer" is the best rated episode of "Banged Up Abroad". It scored 9.3/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/22/2020. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dame of Cocaine".