Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
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Cocaine Captain: The Story of JC Perez
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
12/31/20 • 50 min
Cocaine production is at an all-time high, but it came to fame in the Miami Vice era of the 1980’s with the help of the “Cocaine Cowboys.” In this episode, Mariana sits down with JC Perez, who piloted cocaine smuggling runs for one of the biggest bosses in the business. Over the course of his career, JC trafficked thousands of pounds of drugs, until an unexpected bust crashed his party.
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The Hollywood Madam: Heidi Fleiss
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
12/24/20 • 39 min
Heidi Fleiss is perhaps best known as the “Hollywood Madam.” Despite having started her business at just 22, she developed a star-studded list of clients, all meticulously organized in her red Gucci planner. Among them was Charlie Sheen, who famously testified at Heidi’s trial that he’d spent $53,000 a year on her services. On a bad night, Heidi says she raked in $10,000. What made Heidi Fleiss so successful, how did her ring unravel, and where did she fly off to?
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The Art of the Steal: The Story of Michel van Rijn
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
12/17/20 • 38 min
Mariana dives into an underground world of subterfuge, heists, counterfeiting, smuggling, and organized looting with Michel van Rijn, one of the world’s most prolific artifact smugglers. In a career full of legendary antics, he once sold a truckload of ancient Russian icons and used the proceeds to buy a private jet. But along the way, Michel made dangerous enemies in the billion-dollar illicit art market. With his back against the wall, he flipped sides, using his expertise to set up sting operations with the same international authorities who hunted him for decades. The BBC now calls him "The Indiana Jones of Chelsea"... although his former handler said he wasn’t above keeping the best mosaic for himself.
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All-Star Dealer: Tony Bosch
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
12/10/20 • 45 min
Mariana breaks down how a major player made it big—and lost it all—in the dangerously unregulated, billion-dollar black market of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Tony Bosch’s Biogenesis of America was behind the largest PED scandal in American sports history, leading to the suspension of 14 professional baseball players, including Yankees' superstar Alex Rodriguez. How did he go from self-proclaimed “biochemist” of an anti-aging clinic to pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute testosterone?
The Trafficked TV series is available now on National Geographic, and new episodes air Wednesdays.
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An Outlaw and Oxy: the Story of Struggle Jennings
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
12/03/20 • 39 min
Oxycontin has sparked the deadliest drug crisis in American history. Struggle Jennings, an outlaw country rapper — and the grandson of country music legend Waylon Jennings — once got busted for trying to purchase a big load of oxycontin in a WalMart parking lot in Memphis, Tennessee. Mariana and Jennings discuss the day he got busted, his life leading up to it, and the toll it took.
The Trafficked TV series is available now on National Geographic, and new episodes air Wednesdays.
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Coming soon: The Trafficked Podcast with Mariana van Zeller
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
11/19/20 • 2 min
The official companion podcast to National Geographic Channel’s new series premiering Dec 2, Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller brings us one step closer to understanding the lives of traffickers. Join investigative journalist Mariana van Zeller after each episode as she sits down with former black market operators to hear the story of their rise and fall, boom and bust. These intimate, honest and empathetic conversations pull back the curtain on the global underworld and the people who make their livelihoods within it. How did they get pulled to the dark side? How did they get caught? And what was it like to live the outlaw lifestyle? The Trafficked podcast is available wherever you listen to podcasts on Thursdays beginning December 3.
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The Young Gun & The Old Ammo: David Packouz
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
01/07/21 • 47 min
Mariana talks with David Packouz, one of the two notorious young men who inspired the movie War Dogs. He made headlines when he sold illegal ammo to the US government in what was called “The Afghan Contract.” We hear how he became a major player in the weapons trade by age 25, how a major ammunition delivery went wrong, and how his booming career got shot down.
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Coming soon: Trafficked Season 2
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
11/22/21 • 2 min
The companion podcast to National Geographic’s Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller. In season two, investigative journalist Mariana van Zeller goes deep with masterminds behind black markets and underground economies, including illegal plastic surgery, meth labs fueling America’s addiction crisis, and a global marijuana smuggling empire built by high school surfers. Each episode pulls back the curtain on the player at the center: how they became criminals, what it felt like to live in the shadows—and how it all crumbled in the end. Join Mariana in the underground, and don’t miss the TV show Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller on National Geographic and Hulu.
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Shots in the Dark: The Black Madam
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
12/01/21 • 39 min
The Black Madam was an aspiring rapper who made her money building a business she believed in—administering illegal silicone injections to give trans (and cisgender) women the bodies they dreamed of. After all, she’d once been in their shoes. But the deadly dangers of the black market caught up with her—and so did the police.
Join Mariana deeper into the underground, and don’t miss the TV series Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller Wednesday on National Geographic and streaming on Hulu.
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Trust Me: The Story of Derek Alldred
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
12/08/21 • 36 min
Derek Alldred could have been an actor. He first invented characters to fuel an addiction, putting on costumes and playing trustworthy roles that put people at ease and got him what he wanted. But as his lies left a trail of destruction, he had to invent more aliases to cover his tracks—a web that spun out of control. But the curtain dropped when a girlfriend found his iPad—and his real name. Then military investigators got involved, bringing charges of stolen valor. Alldred received an astounding 24-year sentence in federal prison. He tells the story of his shifting identity.
Join Mariana deeper into the underground, and don’t miss the TV series Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller Wednesday on National Geographic and streaming on Hulu.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller have?
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller currently has 14 episodes available.
What topics does Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller cover?
The podcast is about True Crime, Podcasts and Tv & Film.
What is the most popular episode on Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller?
The episode title 'Cocaine Captain: The Story of JC Perez' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller?
The average episode length on Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller is 37 minutes.
How often are episodes of Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller released?
Episodes of Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller?
The first episode of Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller was released on Nov 19, 2020.
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