Season 8

2012 · 10 episodes

Episodes

1My Dad the SmugglerScott Campbell goes travelling in China with his estranged father, only to find out that his dad is a professional smuggler carrying 20 kilos of cannabis.
2I Am Not a TerroristDuane Wollum is about to make some easy money smuggling cocaine, until an airport security check reveals that he is concealing a package.
3Hasidic King of CokeOrthodox Jew Samuel Leibowitz dreams of making millions as a drug kingpin in Brazil, leading to a terrifying term in the deadly Carandiru Penitentiary.
4Not Without My BabyWhen Susan's Haglof's adoption goes wrong, she ends up in an Egyptian jail, facing a charge of human trafficking.
5Chilean Prison BreakThe gripping story of Tom Hanway, who flees a Chilean prison with a fellow prisoner, taking a dangerous and fatal escape route across the desert.
6The Orchid HuntersThe shocking story of Tom Hart Dyke and Paul Winder, two British backpackers who are ambushed and held for ransom by a guerilla group while crossing the notoriously dangerous Darien Gap.
7Venezuela HustleDesperate to keep his family afloat, Paul Keany agrees to smuggle six kilos of cocaine from Venezuela back to Dublin, but it turns out to be the worst decision of his life.
8Busted in BangkokThrown into a notorious Bangkok prison for attempting to smuggle heroin, Angela Carnegie has an epiphany while nursing a fellow inmate with a drug addiction.
9Nightmare in SomaliaThe terrifying story of photojournalist Nigel Brennan and reporter Amanda Lindhout, who are held hostage for 15 months by a criminal gang in Somalia.
10Escape From the GulagIt's 1976 in Cold War Moscow, and American Jerry Amster finds himself in the worst situation possible: busted for smuggling drugs from Kuala Lumpur to Russia.