Locked Up Abroad
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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