Season 6
6 episodes · Jan 28, 2019
This flagship investigative series digs deep into the underbelly of Asia to uncover stories about passport forgers, medical refugees, and desperate people caught in the crossfire of politics.
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- S6E1
Smuggling for Survival
Jan 28, 201947mCancer patients in China desperate for targeted drugs are turning to India. But they face many risks as they navigate the web of shady manufacturers and gray areas in the drug market.
- S6E2
The Forgers
Feb 4, 201945mMeet "The Doctor", who has helped drug dealers, criminals and terrorists move freely across borders, often to deadly effect. We get exclusive access to one of the world’s most notorious passport forgers, as he speaks to us from inside the prison walls in Thailand.
- S6E3
Fish Wars
Feb 11, 201947mWhy is the farming of pangasius in Vietnam so controversial, especially in the West? We investigate the mass production of this fish also known as dory, basa fish, and catfish.
- S6E4
Maldives - Trouble in Paradise
Feb 18, 201947mMaldives is known as a tourist paradise, but the locals live a very different life here. What are the social and political forces that are turning their young men to terrorism?
- S6E5
North Korean Ghost Ships
Feb 25, 201948mFishing ships from North Korea, discovered with dead bodies onboard, have been washing up on Japan's shores. We investigate why there has been a spike in the number of these"ghost ships".
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Evaporated People
Mar 4, 201948mEvery year, nearly 100,000 Japanese vanish without a trace. They are known as johatsu, or “evaporated people”. What drives them to engineer their own disappearances?