6.5/1015 votes#1 - 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.
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- 6.5/1024 votes
#2 - 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: N/A
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- 6.9/1016 votes
#3 - 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: N/A
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- 6.2/1011 votes
#4 - 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: N/A
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- 6.5/1014 votes
#5 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1018 votes
#6 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1016 votes
#7 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1016 votes
#8 - 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: N/A
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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 Ratings Summary
"The Dark Side of Adoption" is the best rated episode of "The Traffickers" season 1. It scored 6.5/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/13/2016. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Killed for a Horn".