Banged Up Abroad (2007)

Season 15

TV-14

Survivors share their stories and experience of survival abroad.

Where to Watch Season 15

10 Episodes

Narco Neverland
E1
Narco NeverlandTo escape a life of grinding poverty, a young Southside Chicago gangster, Julio Cesar Almanza (who also goes by JC Almanza) is drawn into smuggling drugs for a dangerous Mexican cartel. His life is going well until the sad day that it all goes wrong.
Declassified: Double Cross Dope Deal
E2
Declassified: Double Cross Dope DealAs the Cartels, DEA and a terrifying hitman all close in, drug runner Chris Heifner turns informant to save his family and take down his best friend.
Trauma Express
E3
Trauma ExpressTravel-loving Bronwyn Atherton finds herself on the road to destruction when she is lured into the shady world of international drug smuggling.
Love Behind Bars
E4
Love Behind BarsAfter smuggling drugs for eighteen months, Anelda Mare decides to quit, only to be told her parents will be killed unless she makes one last run.
Big Trouble in Tokyo
E5
Big Trouble in TokyoSteven Beattie's Thai party lifestyle isn't cheap. He smuggles hash to fund it, but pays the ultimate price when he's locked up in Japan.
Declassified: A King's Ransom
E6
Declassified: A King's RansomRafael Arguelles is a gangster by the age of 17 but faces life-threatening consequences after going undercover for the FBI against his former friends.
Sole Smuggler
E7
Sole SmugglerDavid Harte is in his forties when his life collapses around him. He is tempted into the shady world of drug smuggling before being busted in Mauritius.
Fighting Yaba
E8
Fighting YabaThis installment details the true story of Boxing Billy Moore's struggle to survive inside Klong Prem Prison, the notorious "Bangkok Hilton". Billy Moore traveled to Thailand to escape a life of drug addiction and alcoholism. He managed to overcome his inner demons for awhile, but eventually relapsed after trying yaba, which is a highly addictive form of methamphetamine.
Casualty of War
E9
Casualty of WarVeteran British soldier Brett Leonard Makinson, a retired parachute regiment medic, heads to India to overcome his PTSD but is soon tempted into smuggling weed out of the Himalayas to various parts of Europe. Caught and jailed in India, he is tortured until he signs a blank piece of paper for the Indian authorities.
Dame of Cocaine
E10
Dame of CocaineThis is the true story of Andrea Mohr from Germany. She was involved in international drug smuggling and other criminal activities such as organized crime. She organized numerous drug trades around the world. She served a prison sentence from 1999 to 2004 in the high-security prison for women in Australia, in the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.