Locked Up Abroad
Chicago Outfit enforcer Frank Cullotta speaks out about the notorious deeds of boss Tony Spilotro, his life in the mob and the burglary that led to his capture.
Chicago Outfit enforcer Frank Cullotta speaks out about the notorious deeds of boss Tony Spilotro, his life in the mob and the burglary that led to his capture.
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Rick Cedar begins stealing radios to support his family, but finds his life and freedom hanging on the line.
Chicago Outfit enforcer Frank Cullotta speaks out about the notorious deeds of boss Tony Spilotro, his life in the mob and the burglary that led to his capture.
Former hash-smuggling hippie Eddie Padilla escapes from one of Peru's most notorious prisons, nicknamed the House of the Devil.
After months of torturous tunnelling, two surfers caught up in cannabis smuggling, escaped their Mexican jail.
The true story behind the Oscar-winning film, "Argo," which is about CIA operative Tony Mendez's daring plan to rescue six diplomats during the Iranian hostage crisis.
Caught trying to smuggle heroin, Jerry Amster finds himself facing a lengthy spell in one of Russia's toughest labor camps.
Dumped by her lover, a Chicago woman smuggles heroin from Thailand to fund a new life when caught and sentenced to life at a notorious Bangkok prison, she attempts suicide but fails.
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.
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.
The story of an Iraqi soldier who was forced to become a body double for Uday Hussein, Saddam's highly volatile eldest son.
After being forced at gunpoint to smuggle drugs, Brits David and Jayne Bladen faced a violent 20 months banged up in Guadeloupe. David emerged crippled.
Held hostage in Colombia, backpackers Erez Eltawil and Reini Weigel form a controversial relationship with their kidnappers.
Revealing how British nurse Stephen Comiskey drew the unwelcome attention of the Saudi religious police after a series of illicit gay affairs.
Struggling to pay her mortgage, newly single mom-of-three Ruthie Lambert agreed to smuggle cocaine. However, the much-needed cash came at a terrible price.
Busted for drug smuggling, life in a Mexico jail becomes a living hell for Dwight Yorker, who winds up dressing as a woman in an audacious bid for freedom.
Adventure-seeker Thomas Hamill took a job driving trucks in Iraq, leading to terrifying spell in captivity after being kidnapped by insurgents.
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.
When his rent doubled, martial arts teacher Chris Chance turned to smuggling hashish and ultimately landed him in a grim and violent prison in Malaga.
A man offers Brigene Young a free trip to Mauritius if she wears a special pair of shoes caught with a kilo of heroin in her heels, she faces seven years in prison.
Drug runner Jeremy Khinoo was busted for handing over fake notes at a service station. However, his careless error didn't cost him his freedom, it cost him his life.
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