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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
A man, Michael Morey, agrees to smuggle cocaine from Ecuador to Spain to make money to support his family.
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.
A woman, Jackie Nichols, is caught smuggling hash from Nepal and is locked up in Japan's prison system.
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.
Two women are imprisoned in Kingston's Central Jail after attempting to bring marijuana back to the United States in exchange for a Jamaican vacation and $5,000.
Unsuspecting Zoe McGarry is arrested while attempting to board a plane with a suitcase full of cocaine and sentenced to eight years in an Ecuadorian jail.
A pregnant single mother is apprehended attempting to bring drugs back from Barbados and sentenced to five years in prison.
A woman from Philadelphia tries to smuggle a bag of cocaine through Cuba in an attempt to be reunited with her kidnapped daughter.
Former soldier Brett turns to smuggling drugs in India after battling PTSD.
Billy the boxer fights addiction and the horrors of a Thai prison.
South African David starts drug smuggling after hitting a midlife crisis.
The Latin Kings dominate Chicago in the 1980s and teenager Rafael Arguelles joins them to protect himself, but after a stint in jail, he realizes his gang is tearing his community apart and agrees to go undercover for the FBI.
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