Locked Up Abroad
A look at how broke British student Lucy Wright became accused of smuggling cocaine and was forced to flee across South America to escape jail.
2026-06-18 00:06:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 00:58:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Locked Up Abroad
In July 2008, Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan and Canadian reporter Amanda Lindhout ended up spending over a year in captivity while reporting on the war in Somalia.
2026-06-18 13:01:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 13:52:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Locked Up Abroad
Desperate to keep his family afloat, Paul agrees to smuggle six kilos of cocaine from Venezuela back to Dublin. It turns out to be the worst decision of his life.
2026-06-18 12:09:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 13:01:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Locked Up Abroad
The shocking story of two British backpackers who were ambushed and held to ransom by a guerilla group while crossing the notoriously dangerous Darien Gap.
2026-06-18 11:18:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 12:09:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Locked Up Abroad
The gripping story of Tom Hanway who fled a Chilean jail with a fellow prisoner, taking a dangerous and fatal escape route across the desert.
2026-06-18 10:26:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 11:18:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Locked Up Abroad
Less than a year after adopting her son Marko, Susan Haglof is accused of supplying suspicious documents and ends up in an Egyptian jail accused of human trafficking.
2026-06-18 09:35:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 10:26:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Locked Up Abroad
Orthodox Jew Samuel Leibowitz dreamt of making millions as a drug kingpin in Brazil, leading to a terrifying spell in the deadly Carandiru jail.
2026-06-18 08:43:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 09:35:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Locked Up Abroad
For money to party and to support his daughter, a jobless man, Duane Wollum, smuggles cocaine from Nicaragua into the U.S.
2026-06-18 07:51:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 08:43:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Locked Up Abroad
After his father is jailed in China for smuggling cannabis, Scott Campbell risks all, continuing with his dad's unfinished mission in order to pay for his lawyer.
2026-06-18 07:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 07:51:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Locked Up Abroad
Adventure-seeker Thomas Hamill took a job driving trucks in Iraq, leading to terrifying spell in captivity after being kidnapped by insurgents.
2026-06-18 00:58:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 01:50:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Locked Up Abroad
A look at how broke British student Lucy Wright became accused of smuggling cocaine and was forced to flee across South America to escape jail.
2026-06-18 00:06:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 00:58:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Locked Up Abroad
Down on his luck magician Mark Greening resorts to bringing illegal drugs into Japan. However, what looks like easy money turns into five years of forced labor.
2026-06-17 23:15:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 00:06:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Locked Up Abroad
The shocking story of actor Erik Aude, who was tricked into smuggling opium. Arrested in Pakistan, many believed he wouldn't survive his seven-year sentence.
2026-06-17 22:23:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-17 23:15:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Locked Up Abroad
A military veteran facing a manslaughter trial travels to Thailand for a quick holiday while there, she learns that her travel companion is planning to smuggle heroin back into the U.S. and agrees to help.
2026-06-17 21:31:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-17 22:23:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Locked Up Abroad
Desperate for a gastric bypass, Vivian Carrasquillo agreed to smuggle drugs for cash. However, meager meals in a tropical jail played no part in her weight-loss plan.
2026-06-17 20:40:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-17 21:31:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Locked Up Abroad
Dealers threatened to attack Robert Pringle's family if he didn't smuggle cocaine out of Peru. With no choice he tried, and got seven years in a violent prison.
2026-06-17 19:48:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-17 20:40:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Locked Up Abroad
An Australian thinks his luck has changed when a businessman offers him $15,000 to smuggle gold but when it turns out to be cocaine, he must battle illness and hostile inmates in an Argentine prison.
2026-06-17 18:57:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-17 19:48:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Locked Up Abroad
A man, Michael Morey, agrees to smuggle cocaine from Ecuador to Spain to make money to support his family.
2026-06-17 12:55:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-17 13:47:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Locked Up Abroad
Caught smuggling 10.5 kilos of heroin, Tim Schrader was sentenced to life in a notorious Thai prison where he became depressed, hooked on drugs and contracted HIV.
2026-06-17 12:02:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-17 12:55:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Locked Up Abroad
A woman, Jackie Nichols, is caught smuggling hash from Nepal and is locked up in Japan's prison system.
2026-06-17 11:09:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-17 12:02:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Locked Up Abroad
Londoner Clare Matthews spends over five years in one of Asia's largest jails while she awaits trial for smuggling drugs from India to Europe.
2026-06-17 10:15:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-17 11:09:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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