Banged Up Abroad (2007)
Documentary series where viewers are taken inside accounts of capture, incarceration, and terror far away from home with intimate personal interviews and dramatic reenactments.
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Episode 1 - Undercover Biker
Release Date: 2020-01-01After his arrest, drug dealer Charles Falco is facing decades behind bars. Instead, he strikes a deal with the authorities and becomes a confidential informant - living a life undercover.
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Episode 2 - Korean Ecstasy King
Release Date: 2020-01-08In South Korea, English teacher Jesse Moskel becomes the kingpin of a huge MDMA smuggling operation - and one of Southeast Asia's most wanted men.
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Episode 3 - Pop Star Smuggler
Release Date: 2020-01-15Jimmy Bauer is on the cusp of breaking into the music industry and only one thing stands in his way. Money. He faces moral temptation and life-changing decisions, all as he works out what's more important to him. The fame? Or the music?
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Episode 4 - Undercover Arms Dealer
Release Date: 2020-01-22When legitimate arms dealer Peter Bleach is asked to supply weapons for a suspected Indian terrorist cell, he agrees to go undercover for British Intelligence to capture the ringleader.
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Episode 5 - Model Drug Runner
Release Date: 2020-01-29Stripper Garrain Jones hits the big-time when he stars in a Beyoncé video, but then loses it all when he gets caught smuggling heroin through Europe.
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Episode 6 - Drug Runner Mom
Release Date: 2020-02-05Struggling single mom Melanie Di Egidio risks all in exchange for a quick buck, but when the plan goes wrong Melanie is busted with 6 kilos of heroin, caught up in a high-profile sting, and sent to a tough Ecuadorian prison.
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Episode 7 - King of Weed
Release Date: 2020-02-12Ice hockey star Ryan Phillips risks it all when he starts smuggling marijuana across the U.S. border, costing him his family, career and freedom.
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Episode 8 - Colombian Double Cross
Release Date: 2020-02-19When the plan to smuggle marijuana from Mexico into the U.S. was interrupted, Steve Peterson faced time behind bars…unless he could find a way to escape.
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Episode 9 - Peruvian Prison Break
Release Date: 2020-02-26A wild-living exotic dancer leaves the club scene of Florida to make a dangerous journey into Peru’s drugs underworld, culminating in an insane prison escape.
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Episode 10 - Miami Mobster Take Down
Release Date: 2020-03-04Miami mobster Tony Galeota is locked up in Panama after being framed for drug dealing and human trafficking. Can he prove his innocence and escape?