Black Market: Dispatches

August. 16,2016      TV-MA
Rating:
7.8
Trailer Synopsis

In this global series presented by Michael K. Williams, we embed ourselves inside criminal enterprises to see how contraband moves across borders, and explore the politics behind a hidden economy nearly as big as the one you know.

Seasons & Episode

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Seasons 1 : 2016

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10 Episode

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Episode 1 - The Tunnels of Gaza
August. 16,2016

Suffering under economic blockade, Gazans use an illegal network of tunnels to smuggle in goods to survive. But the tunnels are under attack from Israel and Egypt.

Episode 2 - Kamikaze Gas Smugglers
August. 23,2016

Taking advantage of Venezuela's subsidized gas, Colombian smugglers known as kamikazes eek out a precarious living by smuggling this highly explosive commodity.

Episode 3 - Dark Web
August. 30,2016

A secret part of the Internet is revolutionizing drug dealing.

Episode 4 - Syrian Refugee Girls
September. 06,2016

Desperate young women fleeing the Syrian war are being trafficked into the sex trade under the guise of religion.

Episode 5 - Poaching Pangolin
September. 13,2016

The world's most trafficked mammal may go extinct before most people know what it is.

Episode 6 - Sugar Babies
September. 20,2016

A new kind of dating blurs the line between prostitution and romance.

Episode 7 - Cheap Whites
September. 27,2016

With their economy in shambles and a simmering war with Russia, Ukraine's citizens depend on smuggling contaminated, illegal cigarettes into the EU for survival.

Episode 8 - Crime Towers
October. 04,2016

Scammers setup shop for their criminal enterprises inside London's public housing.

Episode 9 - Vietnam's Transgender Underground
October. 11,2016

In Japan, young gangs look to break away from the older Yakuza through underground violence.

Episode 10 - Underground Fighting
October. 18,2016

In Japan, young gangs look to break away from the older Yakuza through underground violence.

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