Scott Campbell and Lucy Baker are British travellers arrested in Mexico.

Mark Knowles is arrested in Sydney after attempting to smuggle cocaine from the U.S. to Australia.

Donald McNeil, a yachtsman, is arrested after being pressured to collect an enormous shipment of coc...

Sandra Gregory is arrested in Thailand trying to smuggle heroin into Japan.

Krista Barnes and Jennifer Davis are two American women arrested for trying to smuggle cocaine out o...

Jim Miles and Paul Loseby, two British teenagers, are arrested in Venezuela for trying to smuggle dr...

Piers Hernu, a dual British-French traveller, is arrested trying to smuggle 28 kilos of gold bullion...

The Colombian National Liberation Army kidnaps American adventurer Glen Heggstad.

Safari guide Mark Ross and his tour group are kidnapped by Hutu rebels in Uganda.

Jon James and Camilla Carr move from England to contribute to a children's centre in war torn Chechn...

Rhys Partridge and Béla Nuss are kidnapped by British terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh while travel...

Gracia and Martin Burnham, Christian missionaries in the Philippines, are kidnapped by members of Ab...

While vacationing in Malaysia, Monique and Callie Strydom are kidnapped by a Muslim militant group a...

Simon's trip to Peru is initiated by his friend Sarah Jackson who convinces him to smuggle drugs. Th...

Lia McCord, an American teenager, is arrested in Bangladesh for trying to smuggle heroin.

Scott White is arrested in Kuwait for selling hashish, then escapes from jail during the 1990 invasi...

Amardeep Bassey, a British journalist on the way to Afghanistan for an assignment, is accused of bei...

Russell Thoresen, an American traveller, is arrested in Peru for trying to smuggle cocaine.

Taiwan's most-wanted criminal breaks into the house of McGill Alexander, a South African army colone...

An American, Daniel Van De Zande is arrested trying to smuggle cocaine from Ecuador to Europe.

Cullen Thomas, working with his girlfriend "Rocket," is arrested trying to smuggle hashish from the...

David Evans is arrested trying to smuggle drugs from Venezuela to Amsterdam.

Church volunteer Greg Williams is kidnapped and tortured by members of Abu Sayyaf.

Jake Libbon gets arrested in Mexico for selling marijuana, then is falsely accused of shooting two p...

Hollywood "party animal" Brendan Cosso and three friends are arrested trying to smuggle cocaine out...

A random encounter with a family friend at the Bali airport was all it took to land Chris Parnell in...

Alex Silva grew up in the ghetto of El Paso Texas. Son to a single mother who didn't care he wasn't...

When Kahlilah met big-shot music producer Roy, she didn't expect that her life would change forever....

Journalists Scott Taylor and Zeynep Tugrul are kidnapped by insurgents who accuse them of being Amer...

British teen Zara Whittaker is arrested at an airport trying to smuggle cocaine out of Barbados.

An unsuspecting woman, Zoe McGarry, is given a suitcase full of cocaine and is arrested when attempt...

During a U.N. peace mission, a minor incident sparks nationwide fighting, leading Major Phil Ashby t...

T.K. White and her girlfriend are sent to Kingston's notorious central prison after attempting to sm...

Clare Matthews quits her job and travels to India. But when money gets tight, she gambles for a quic...

In intimate detail, Locked Up Abroad reveals Billy Hayes' real-life experience behind the Oscar-winn...

When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, Tom Lynch and his fellow contractor John White decided t...

After accepting an offer to work as a hostess in Japan, Jackie Nichols meets a charming Israeli drug...

A 28-year-old English teacher named Tim Schrader agrees to smuggle eight kilos of heroin into the U....

With his girlfriend pregnant, American musician Michael Morey needs money and agrees to smuggle coca...

A jungle adventure turns sour when American backpacker Mark Wedeven and his travel companions are ta...

Henry Hill--who inspired the movie Goodfellas--relays the true story of his rise and fall as a drug...

Scottish chef Gordon Malloch arrives in Saudi Arabia to start a new life as a catering manager, but...

Briton David Scott tells the story of finding his soulmate in the Philippines, and risking a 14-year...

After heading to Mexico with a suitcase of fake money to buy drugs, California bodybuilder Jeremy Kh...

After being caught with a kilo of heroin in Mauritius, Brigene Young faces 45 years in jail unless s...

The tale of Chris Chance, whose daredevil life smuggling cannabis into the U.K. concealed in a rubbe...

Stephen Sutton gets caught up when he is offered $15,000 to transport cocaine disguised as gold, lea...

Company director Robert Pringle is sentenced to seven years in a violent South-American lock-up afte...

Vivian Carrasquillo faces a crash diet in jail after an attempt to raise funds for gastric bypass su...

Military veteran Kim Hood faces life behind bars in a squalid Thai prison after being caught smuggli...

When young actor Erik Audé discovers that he was tricked into smuggling opium out of Pakistan, he mu...

Travelling magician Mark Greening juggles a young family with a budding hash-smuggling business afte...

Lucy Wright is a nursing student when her life goes from bad to worse to hell. Her boyfriend leaves,...

Adventure-seeker Thomas Hamill takes a job driving trucks in Iraq, leading to a terrifying time in c...

Dwight Worker is busted in Mexico for smuggling coke and attempts a daring escape from one of the co...

Ruthie Lambert, a middle-aged mother of three, decides to smuggle drugs to make ends meet. She is im...

British nurse Stephen Comiskey, who takes a job in Saudi Arabia to support his family, draws the unw...

Erez Eltawil and Reini Weigel are among eight backpackers who are snatched by guerrillas during a tr...

David and Jayne Bladen's dream of a new life overseas turns into a nightmare journey of drug smuggli...

Iraqi soldier Latif Yahia describes how he was summoned to Saddam Hussein's palace and forced to bec...

Scott Campbell goes travelling in China with his estranged father, only to find out that his dad is...

Duane Wollum is about to make some easy money smuggling cocaine, until an airport security check rev...

Orthodox Jew Samuel Leibowitz dreams of making millions as a drug kingpin in Brazil, leading to a te...

When Susan's Haglof's adoption goes wrong, she ends up in an Egyptian jail, facing a charge of human...

The gripping story of Tom Hanway, who flees a Chilean prison with a fellow prisoner, taking a danger...

The shocking story of Tom Hart Dyke and Paul Winder, two British backpackers who are ambushed and he...

Desperate to keep his family afloat, Paul Keany agrees to smuggle six kilos of cocaine from Venezuel...

Thrown into a notorious Bangkok prison for attempting to smuggle heroin, Angela Carnegie has an epip...

The terrifying story of photojournalist Nigel Brennan and reporter Amanda Lindhout, who are held hos...

It's 1976 in Cold War Moscow, and American Jerry Amster finds himself in the worst situation possibl...

As the longest POW in Vietnam, Ernie Brace likely endured more than any other POW during the war. Af...

Shaun Attwood left England to be a stockbroker in America and finds himself dealing ecstasy.

Tom Crutchfield smuggled snakes, tarantulas and king cobras around the world. But when the U.S. buil...

For Roy Hallums, a routine trip to the office turned into the fight for his life. In 2004, the 20-ye...

In the summer of 1972, five young Americans are caught trying to smuggle more than 2,000 pounds of m...

Hear the real story behind the Academy Award-winning movie 'Argo' from those who inspired it. Locked...

Eddie Padilla is living the 'high life' and drug smuggling to support his cocaine habit. But a run-i...

Vegas, 1979, and Frank Cullotta's 'Hole in the Wall' gang is becoming notorious. The FBI catches up...

Locked Up Abroad comes home to the United States to visit 19-year-old street racer Rick Cedar in Spo...

When British schoolteacher Howard Marks agrees to help an old friend finish off a drug deal, he has...

In 1972 Jim PapRocki is flying nearly a ton of marijuana from Mexico to the U.S. He's forced to cras...

In 1993, 25-year-old Australian Martin Garnett is already earning good money at a luxury car dealers...

Tabitha Ritchie decides to fix her life after years of substance abuse and the loss of her children....

The shocking story of South African couple Debbie Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari, who were kidnapped by...

Captured by Gaddafi's men while fighting with rebels in Libya, Baltimore-born Matthew VanDyke spent...

The traumatic story of an American schoolboy and his mother, who were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf, a jih...

The story of convicted drug dealer Pieter Tritton, whose organization used camping tents to smuggle...

In 2012 Simone Blignaut has a lucrative job working for one of Johannesburg’s biggest drug dealers,...

Journalist Phil is investigating illegally deployed chemical weapons when he’s taken hostage.

When smuggling marijuana was interrupted, Steve faced time behind bars unless he could escape.

Kidnapped by Al Qaeda, Matthew must decide to escape or stay with his fellow American prisoner.

Lemar must survive one of Colombia’s most brutal prisons, after getting caught with cocaine.

Jimmy gives up his job as a postman to open a bar in Thailand, but quickly starts dealing meth. The...

David embarks on an epic road trip, where he attempts to smuggle hash from Afghanistan to Germany. H...

Unemployed Michael Singh tries cocaine smuggling to make money. But after 7 successful runs, Michael...

In Mexico, Carlos Quijas is falsely imprisoned and tortured for drug smuggling. Inside Mexico's most...

Champion skier Nick Brewer gets involved in a multi-million dollar cocaine empire in Argentina.

Hip hop dancer LaTasha thinks she's been offered the opportunity of a lifetime, but opportunity turn...

On a mission to find drug labs in the Colombian jungle, Keith Stansell crashes. He's kidnapped by FA...

Party girl Christina spirals into addiction but sees a way out through drug smuggling.

Mark joins an ashram looking for enlightenment, but he finds himself locked up in India.

Paris and Marlon travel to Peru for an exciting business opportunity—ending in the ultimate betrayal

After his arrest, drug dealer Charles Falco is facing decades behind bars. Instead, he strikes a dea...

In South Korea, English teacher Jesse Moskel becomes the kingpin of a huge MDMA smuggling operation...

Jimmy Bauer is on the cusp of breaking into the music industry and only one thing stands in his way....

When legitimate arms dealer Peter Bleach is asked to supply weapons for a suspected Indian terrorist...

Stripper Garrain Jones hits the big-time when he stars in a Beyoncé video, but then loses it all whe...

Struggling single mom Melanie Di Egidio risks all in exchange for a quick buck, but when the plan go...

Ice hockey star Ryan Phillips risks it all when he starts smuggling marijuana across the U.S. border...

When the plan to smuggle marijuana from Mexico into the U.S. was interrupted, Steve Peterson faced t...

A wild-living exotic dancer leaves the club scene of Florida to make a dangerous journey into Peru’s...

Miami mobster Tony Galeota is locked up in Panama after being framed for drug dealing and human traf...

When a DEA Agent goes after a notorious cartel boss, he gets sucked into a treacherous world where a...

When a famous swimwear model builds a beauty brand, it becomes the perfect ruse to smuggle drugs aro...

In this real life Goodfellas tale, New York teen John Alite gets a job at his local Deli, a hangout...

In this real-life version of Baltimore drama The Wire, local drug dealer Davon Mayer has a knack for...

A broke young Londoner gets an exciting offer to work in his dad’s bar in Thailand. But when he arri...

In this series we meet American, David, who was on a drug smuggling road trip from Afghanistan to Ge...

When a lifelong gun runner and drug dealer infiltrates a blood thirsty biker gang for a million-doll...

A Japanese-American Orange County kid gets his dream to become a gangster before a Las Vegas mob hit...

A 70s hippie and his naive pal are small time dealers selling hash to Boston college kids, until the...

A troubled young father goes on the run to Spain to avoid a small prison sentence. He starts working...

To escape a life of poverty, a young Chicago gangster is drawn into smuggling drugs for a dangerous...

As the Cartels, DEA and a terrifying hitman all close in, drug runner Chris Heifner turns informant...

Travel-loving Bronwyn Atherton finds herself on the road to destruction when she is lured into the s...

After smuggling drugs for eighteen months, Anelda Mare decides to quit, only to be told her parents...

Steven Beattie's Thai party lifestyle isn't cheap. He smuggles hash to fund it, but pays the ultimat...

Rafael Arguelles is a gangster by the age of 17 but faces life-threatening consequences after going...

David Harte is in his forties when his life collapses around him. He is tempted into the shady world...

This installment details the true story of Boxing Billy Moore's struggle to survive inside Klong Pre...

Veteran British soldier Brett Leonard Makinson, a retired parachute regiment medic, heads to India t...

This is the true story of Andrea Mohr from Germany. She was involved in international drug smuggling...