9.3/107 votesLoading...#1 - Big Trouble in Tokyo
Season 15 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2022
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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9.2/1017 votesLoading...#2 - Undercover Arms Dealer
Season 13 Episode 4 - Aired 1/22/2020
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.
Director: N/A
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9.0/106 votesLoading...#3 - Dame of Cocaine
Season 15 Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/2022
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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8.8/1024 votesLoading...#4 - Mexico/Mexican Cartel Hell
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 1/16/2019
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: N/A
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8.8/1017 votesLoading...#5 - Drug Runner Mom
Season 13 Episode 6 - Aired 2/5/2020
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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8.7/1055 votesLoading...#6 - The Real Argo
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 5/15/2013
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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8.7/1025 votesLoading...#7 - Dominican Republic/Caribbean Coke King
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 1/9/2019
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: N/A
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8.7/1020 votesLoading...#8 - Argentina/Narco Wine Bust
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 1/23/2019
Champion skier Nick Brewer gets involved in a multi-million dollar cocaine empire in Argentina.
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8.7/107 votesLoading...#9 - Love Behind Bars
Season 15 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2022
After smuggling drugs for eighteen months, Anelda Mare decides to quit, only to be told her parents will be killed unless she makes one last run.
Director: N/A
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8.6/1036 votesLoading...#10 - Sierra Leone/Jungle Siege
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 8/5/2009
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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8.6/1012 votesLoading...#11 - Colombian Kidnap
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 6/13/2012
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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8.6/1020 votesLoading...#12 - Thailand/Bangkok Betrayal
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 1/30/2019
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.
Director: N/A
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8.6/1020 votesLoading...#13 - Peruvian Prison Break
Season 13 Episode 9 - Aired 2/26/2020
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.
Director: N/A
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8.6/106 votesLoading...#14 - Declassified Mexican Cartel Takedown
Season 14 Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/2021
When a DEA Agent goes after a notorious cartel boss, he gets sucked into a treacherous world where a fatal mistake destroys his life.
Director: N/A
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8.5/1021 votesLoading...#15 - Gadaffi's American Prisoner
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 7/4/2016
Captured by Gaddafi's men while fighting with rebels in Libya, Baltimore-born Matthew VanDyke spent nearly six months in solitary confinement.
Director: N/A
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8.5/1016 votesLoading...#16 - Colombia/Jungle Crash
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 2/6/2019
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.
Director: N/A
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8.5/1015 votesLoading...#17 - Miami Mobster Take Down
Season 13 Episode 10 - Aired 3/4/2020
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?
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8.4/1047 votesLoading...#18 - Vietnam POWs: McCain and Brace
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 4/17/2013
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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8.4/1046 votesLoading...#19 - Raving Arizona
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 4/24/2013
Shaun Attwood left England to be a stockbroker in America and finds himself dealing ecstasy.
Director: N/A
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8.4/1022 votesLoading...#20 - Thai Prison Hell
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 6/13/2016
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.
Director: N/A
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8.3/10128 votesLoading...#21 - Son of Saddam
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 6/27/2012
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.
Director: N/A
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8.3/1015 votesLoading...#22 - Narco at Nineteen
Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/2018
In 2012 Simone Blignaut has a lucrative job working for one of Johannesburg’s biggest drug dealers, but when her boss entrusts her to fly to Bolivia and secure a major cocaine deal, the 19-year-old is in over her head.
Director: N/A
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8.3/1022 votesLoading...#23 - Indian Hash Bust
Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 2/20/2019
Mark joins an ashram looking for enlightenment, but he finds himself locked up in India.
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8.3/1019 votesLoading...#24 - Korean Ecstasy King
Season 13 Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/2020
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.
Director: N/A
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8.3/1011 votesLoading...#25 - Fighting Yaba
Season 15 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2022
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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The Best Episodes of Banged Up Abroad
Every episode of Banged Up Abroad ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Banged Up Abroad!
Documentary series where viewers are taken inside accounts of capture, incarceration, and terror far away from home with intimate personal interviews and dramatic reenactments.
Genres:DocumentaryCrimeReality
Best Episodes Summary
"Big Trouble in Tokyo" is the best rated episode of "Banged Up Abroad". It scored 9.3/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/2/2022. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Undercover Arms Dealer".