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Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller

8.3(25)
First Aired:December 2, 2020
Seasons:4 seasons
Episodes:38
Status:Returning Series

A 360-degree view of the trafficking world from the point-of-view of the traffickers, law enforcement agents and those caught in the crossfire with access only National Geographic can provide.

Cast

Mariana van Zeller

Mariana van Zeller

Self - Host

Seasons

Scams

E1Scams

48m3.0

Dec 2, 2020

Mariana dives into the world of international scamming to understand how it all works.

Fentanyl

E2Fentanyl

48m3.0

Dec 2, 2020

Mariana investigates fentanyl, a contributor to the deadliest drug crisis in U.S. history.

Counterfeiting

E3Counterfeiting

48m4.0

Dec 9, 2020

Mariana meets the craftsmen who make and sell the world's finest counterfeit U.S. dollars.

Steroids

E4Steroids

48m

Dec 16, 2020

Mariana attempts to understand the vanity, insecurity and greed that drives steroid use.

Pimps

E5Pimps

48m

Dec 23, 2020

Mariana sets out to understand the ugly business of illicit sex in America.

Cocaine

E6Cocaine

48m

Dec 30, 2020

Mariana retraces one of the world's most intractable smuggling routes, following cocaine's path around the world - from the Peruvian jungles, to the Colombian coastline, and to the streets of Miami.

Tigers

E7Tigers

48m

Jan 6, 2021

Mariana van Zeller tackles the black market for tigers and tiger parts, so secretive and dangerous that few have attempted to uncover its ugly details.

Guns

E8Guns

89m9.0

Jan 13, 2021

Mariana uncovers a supply chain of firearms being smuggled into the hands of drug cartels.

Black Market Surgery

E1Black Market Surgery

47m

Dec 1, 2021

Mariana van Zeller investigates underground plastic surgery, from motel-room operations to a deadly revelation about Miami’s discount surgery centers.

Romance Scams

E2Romance Scams

47m

Dec 8, 2021

Mariana meets the villains behind an exploding online romance scam.

Black Market Marijuana

E3Black Market Marijuana

47m

Dec 15, 2021

Mariana sets off on a wild journey through California’s black market for weed, which has mushroomed since marijuana legalization four years ago.

Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs

E4Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs

47m

Dec 22, 2021

Mariana van Zeller investigates outlaw motorcycle gangs known as 1% clubs, learning about the bonds of brotherhood that fuel these violent groups.

Meth

E5Meth

47m

Dec 29, 2021

Mariana van Zeller follows a meth superhighway from a cartel-run lab in Sinaloa across the border and into the lives of American users.

White Supremacy

E6White Supremacy

47m

Jan 5, 2022

Mariana exposes a racist underground movement hellbent on a violent future.

Stolen Cars

E7Stolen Cars

47m

Jan 12, 2022

Mariana tracks a smuggling route of stolen cars from the U.S. to West Africa.

Cocaine Queens

E8Cocaine Queens

47m

Jan 19, 2022

Mariana investigates a new breed of cocaine trafficker: lady bosses.

Amazon Mafia

E9Amazon Mafia

47m

Jan 26, 2022

Mariana investigates the criminals destroying the Amazon rainforest.

Fish Pirates

E10Fish Pirates

47m

Feb 2, 2022

Mariana explores the billion-dollar underworld of illegal fishing.

Black Market Organs

E1Black Market Organs

45m8.0

Jan 18, 2023

A look at the complex inner-workings of the global underworld, black and informal markets.

LSD

E2LSD

45m9.0

Jan 25, 2023

Mariana goes in search of the elusive chemists who make the world's LSD.

Ghost Guns

E3Ghost Guns

45m8.0

Feb 1, 2023

Mariana exposes the dangers of the growing and deadly ghost guns industry.

Terrorist Oil

E4Terrorist Oil

45m9.0

Feb 8, 2023

Mariana investigates how illicit oil is fueling terrorist groups worldwide.

MDMA

E5MDMA

45m7.0

Feb 15, 2023

An alarming message from her son's middle school about MDMA sparks van Zeller into high gear. She traces the supply chain of "the love drug" within the Los Angeles clubs back to its booming epicenter in the Netherlands, where a mob-infested underworld has recently murdered a well-known journalist.

Black Market Babies

E6Black Market Babies

51m9.0

Feb 22, 2023

Mariana explores surrogacy's dark side; a babies-for-cash black market.

Cyber Pirates

E7Cyber Pirates

42m8.0

Mar 1, 2023

Mariana investigates the lucrative black market for private data.

Gangs

E8Gangs

43m9.0

Mar 8, 2023

Mariana journeys into gangland to understand the violence plaguing LA.

Crypto Scams

E9Crypto Scams

43m7.0

Mar 15, 2023

Mariana embeds with crypto scammers who show her how they make millions.

Fight Clubs

E10Fight Clubs

43m9.0

Mar 22, 2023

Mariana investigates the growing popularity of bare-knuckle fighting.

E1Cartel USA

44m

Jul 19, 2025

Mariana explores the growing influence of Mexican cartels in the U.S.

E2Scam City

44m

Jul 26, 2025

Mariana heads to a Southeast Asian hotbed for scamming, where criminal organizations are holding thousands of hostages and forcing them to scam.

E3The Tranq Dope Underground

44m

Aug 2, 2025

Mariana investigates the mysterious next wave of America's opioid crisis.

E4Brides for Sale

44m

Aug 9, 2025

Mariana travels to Vietnam to investigate reports that young women are being trafficked into China to be sold as unwilling brides.

E5Million Dollar Highway Heists

44m

Aug 16, 2025

Mariana investigates the global phenomenon of armored car heists, responsible for some of the most brazen and dangerous robberies in the world

E6Inside America's Militias

44m

Aug 23, 2025

Mariana investigates the growing influence of heavily armed militias.

E7The Great American Rehab Scam

44m

Aug 30, 2025

Mariana investigates the dark underworld of fraudulent addiction treatment programs.

E8Black Market Love

44m

Sep 6, 2025

Mariana investigates the global surge in anti-LGBTQ+ violence.

E9Underground Street Racing

44m

Sep 13, 2025

Mariana investigates the deadly world of illegal street racing.

E10Shark Hunters

44m

Sep 20, 2025

Mariana investigates the underground market for shark fins.

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A 360-degree view of the trafficking world from the point-of-view of the traffickers, law enforcement agents and those caught in the crossfire with access only National Geographic can provide.

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