A young Scott Campbell travels to Pakistan to meet his nomadic father Lockie and embark on a once-in-a-lifetime ?bonding? trip along the historic Silk Road through China.
A young Scott Campbell travels to Pakistan to meet his nomadic father Lockie and embark on a once-in-a-lifetime ?bonding? trip along the historic Silk Road through China.
The lure of easy money leads an out-of-work father to smuggle cocaine from Nicaragua into the U.S. After several successful trips, he gets caught by customs agents and is sent to a hostile Nicaraguan prison.
The lure of easy money leads an out-of-work father to smuggle cocaine from Nicaragua into the U.S. After several successful trips, he gets caught by customs agents and is sent to a hostile Nicaraguan prison.
An Orthodox Jew from London becomes a key player in an international cocaine-smuggling ring based in São Paulo, Brazil. After exporting hundreds of kilos of the drug, his luck runs out and he lands in the notorious Carandiru Penitentiary.
An Orthodox Jew from London becomes a key player in an international cocaine-smuggling ring based in São Paulo, Brazil. After exporting hundreds of kilos of the drug, his luck runs out and he lands in the notorious Carandiru Penitentiary.
An American woman's attempt to adopt a child from Egypt goes terribly wrong. She's charged with fraud after trying to acquire a birth certificate and a passport for her adopted son.
An American woman's attempt to adopt a child from Egypt goes terribly wrong. She's charged with fraud after trying to acquire a birth certificate and a passport for her adopted son.
A California man is arrested during a drug deal in Chile and sentenced to five years in prison. He and a fellow prisoner decide to escape and flee the country on foot, which requires a dangerous journey through the desert.
A California man is arrested during a drug deal in Chile and sentenced to five years in prison. He and a fellow prisoner decide to escape and flee the country on foot, which requires a dangerous journey through the desert.
Two British backpackers attempt to cross from Panama to Colombia via the notoriously dangerous Darién Gap, but are captured and held hostage by Colombian guerrillas.
Two British backpackers attempt to cross from Panama to Colombia via the notoriously dangerous Darién Gap, but are captured and held hostage by Colombian guerrillas.
Life inside Venezuela's notorious Los Teques Prison is detailed by an Irish man who was arrested at the Caracas airport for trying to smuggle cocaine back to Dublin.
Life inside Venezuela's notorious Los Teques Prison is detailed by an Irish man who was arrested at the Caracas airport for trying to smuggle cocaine back to Dublin.
Freelance journalists Nigel Brennan and Amanda Lindhout describe how they were kidnapped by a criminal gang while covering the war in Somalia in July 2008, and the subsequent 15 months they were held captive.
Freelance journalists Nigel Brennan and Amanda Lindhout describe how they were kidnapped by a criminal gang while covering the war in Somalia in July 2008, and the subsequent 15 months they were held captive.
In 1976, at the height of the Cold War, an American is caught smuggling heroin from Kuala Lumpur to Russia. He details his incarceration in a Soviet prison camp and his eventual escape during a power outage.
In 1976, at the height of the Cold War, an American is caught smuggling heroin from Kuala Lumpur to Russia. He details his incarceration in a Soviet prison camp and his eventual escape during a power outage.