Locked Up Abroad
Steve Peterson attempts to smuggle marijuana from Mexico into the US, but encounters Tijuana cops.
Steve Peterson attempts to smuggle marijuana from Mexico into the US, but encounters Tijuana cops.
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Steve Peterson attempts to smuggle marijuana from Mexico into the US, but encounters Tijuana cops.
Journalist Phil Cox is taken hostage in Sudan.
A teenage drug courier is tricked into a more dangerous job than she bargained for in Bolivia a teen agrees to smuggle drugs from Colombia.
Photographer Matthew Schrier is kidnapped by Al-Qaeda while departing Aleppo, Syria he faces a choice between saving himself or staying with a fellow prisoner.
Sentenced to 12 years, drug dealer Pieter Tritton must find out if he has what it takes to survive in one of the world's most violent and corrupt penal systems.
A gripping look at how schoolteacher Howard Marks became one of the world's biggest cannabis traffickers and how, eventually, his vast empire began to unravel.
Rick Cedar begins stealing radios to support his family, but finds his life and freedom hanging on the line.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Orthodox Jew Samuel Leibowitz dreamt of making millions as a drug kingpin in Brazil, leading to a terrifying spell in the deadly Carandiru jail.
For money to party and to support his daughter, a jobless man, Duane Wollum, smuggles cocaine from Nicaragua into the U.S.
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.
Adventure-seeker Thomas Hamill took a job driving trucks in Iraq, leading to terrifying spell in captivity after being kidnapped by insurgents.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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