Mercado negroTemporada 1
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The black market can be brutal, exploitative, corrupt. Nothing is off-limits; everything is for sale. And what you buy may not be what it seems. But it's an industry estimated to be worth hundreds of billions of dollars in the U.S. alone. Join the suppliers, sellers, customers, and the law enforcement officials trying to keep it in check as they share their experience of a hidden world that touches us all.
Where to Watch Mercado negro • Temporada 1
6 Episodes
- Sexo, S. A.
E2Sexo, S. A.The illegal, multibillion-dollar global sex trade includes brothels, massage parlors and online escort agencies and is one of the oldest professions. Take a look inside this illegal trade where pimps treat women as commodities — bought and sold, used and abused, then discarded. - Cargamento humano
E3Cargamento humanoMexican cartels dominate an extremely lucrative industry exporting undocumented migrants and squeezing them for cash. Thousands of Central Americans head north to the US border, lured by hopes for a brighter future, but people smugglers, who are often linked to cartels, make it difficult to cross without their supervision, and for a price. - Apuestas ilegales
E4Apuestas ilegalesMillions of Americans love to gamble. But some forms of gambling are restricted or illegal, pushing it underground, where the rules are very different. Here if you want to play you have to pay. The bookie will extend credit, but "miss a week, you miss a finger." Or worse. In the shadows of the law, people will bet on anything; legal or illegal. Innocent lives are put at risk in a world where only one thing matters--money. - Medicamentos fantasma
E6Medicamentos fantasmaFake Pharma is bigger than heroin. It's on the internet, in the pharmacies and on the streets. And the demand is growing. The cops crack down, busting pharma thieves, smugglers and back street pharmacists. The trade is getting ugly. Now the drug you take could be fake and the consequences are deadly.
