The Traffickers

Season 12016

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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8 Episodes

E01 The Dark Side of Adoption

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.

November 13, 2016

E02 Killed for a Horn

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.

November 13, 2016

E03 Organs For Sale

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.

November 20, 2016

E04 Guns and Gangs

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.

November 27, 2016

E05 Bloody Gold

December 4, 2016

E06 The $3000 Meal

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

December 11, 2016

E07 The Girl in the Window

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.

December 18, 2016

E08 Fake Pharma

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.

December 18, 2016

The Traffickers

E01 The Dark Side of Adoption

E02 Killed for a Horn

E03 Organs For Sale

E04 Guns and Gangs

E05 Bloody Gold

E06 The $3000 Meal

E07 The Girl in the Window

E08 Fake Pharma

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E01 The Dark Side of Adoption

E02 Killed for a Horn

E03 Organs For Sale

E04 Guns and Gangs

E05 Bloody Gold

E06 The $3000 Meal

E07 The Girl in the Window

E08 Fake Pharma