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All Episodes of The Traffickers

Enter the global black market with Nelufar Hedayat as she sets out to meet the people trafficking illegal goods and those trying to catch them.
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Season 1

  • The Dark Side of Adoption
    6.5/1015 votes

    The Dark Side of Adoption

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/13/2016

    Nelufar Hedayat investigates how the West's desire to adopt internationally is driving demand for a supply of the world's poorest children. Genuine acts of kindness are corrupted by fraud, theft and deceit ultimately leading to child trafficking.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Killed for a Horn
    6.5/1024 votes

    Killed for a Horn

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/13/2016

    Nelufar Hedayat investigates the black market in rhino horns from Vietnamese dealers to South African smugglers. In the Kruger National Park she uncovers a secret war between gamekeepers and poachers and witnesses the tragic consequences for rhinos.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Organs For Sale
    6.9/1016 votes

    Organs For Sale

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/20/2016

    Nelufar Hedayat investigates the black market in trafficked human organs. She discovers how poverty drives together sellers from Bangladesh and wealthy kidney disease patients in a desperate embrace that defies easy moral judgements.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Guns and Gangs
    6.2/1011 votes

    Guns and Gangs

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/27/2016

    Trafficked US weapons are helping to incite violent crime in El Salvador and Guatemala: In an adrenaline-fueled ride through Central America's notorious ganglands, Nelufar Hedayat investigates how the guns get there, and who pays the ultimate price.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Bloody Gold
    6.5/1014 votes

    Bloody Gold

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/4/2016

    Nelufar Hedayat investigates the black market in trafficked human organs. She discovers how poverty drives together sellers from Bangladesh and wealthy kidney disease patients in a desperate embrace that defies easy moral judgements.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The $3000 Meal
    6.8/1018 votes

    The $3000 Meal

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/11/2016

    Nelafur investigates the rise of the Pangolin as a rare and expensive exotic food source

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Girl in the Window
    6.8/1016 votes

    The Girl in the Window

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/18/2016

    Nelufar Hedayat investigates how the sex industry in Western Europe is fuelling a market for sex slaves. Vulnerable children in poor Eastern European countries are groomed for years, targeted by unscrupulous traffickers who reveal their methods.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Fake Pharma
    7.1/1016 votes

    Fake Pharma

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/18/2016

    Nelufar Hedayat investigates the fake pharmaceutical industry. It's so profitable criminal gangs are ditching cocaine and heroin for counterfeit medicine. Nelufar follows the fake pharma trail across West Africa to the source of the drugs in China.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown