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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.
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Top Episode Ratings 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".

  • Big Trouble in Tokyo
    9.3/107 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Undercover Arms Dealer
    9.2/1017 votes
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    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Dame of Cocaine
    9.0/106 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mexico/Mexican Cartel Hell
    8.8/1024 votes
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    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Drug Runner Mom
    8.8/1017 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Real Argo
    8.7/1055 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dominican Republic/Caribbean Coke King
    8.7/1025 votes
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    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Argentina/Narco Wine Bust
    8.7/1020 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Love Behind Bars
    8.7/107 votes
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    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Sierra Leone/Jungle Siege
    8.6/1036 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Colombian Kidnap
    8.6/1012 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Thailand/Bangkok Betrayal
    8.6/1020 votes
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    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Peruvian Prison Break
    8.6/1020 votes
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    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Declassified Mexican Cartel Takedown
    8.6/106 votes
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    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Gadaffi's American Prisoner
    8.5/1021 votes
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    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Colombia/Jungle Crash
    8.5/1016 votes
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    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Miami Mobster Take Down
    8.5/1015 votes
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    #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?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Vietnam POWs: McCain and Brace
    8.4/1047 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Raving Arizona
    8.4/1046 votes
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    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Thai Prison Hell
    8.4/1022 votes
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    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Son of Saddam
    8.3/10128 votes
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    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Narco at Nineteen
    8.3/1015 votes
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    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Indian Hash Bust
    8.3/1022 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Korean Ecstasy King
    8.3/1019 votes
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    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Fighting Yaba
    8.3/1011 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A