In questa storia ispirata a personaggi reali, tre ragazze americane, nigeriane e indiane vengono trafficate attraverso un'elaborata rete globale e ridotte in schiavitù in un bordello del Texas, e devono tentare insieme un'audace fuga per rivendicare la loro libertà.
L'agente federale degli Stati Uniti Rigby si reca sull'isola centroamericana di Carlotta per indagare su un traffico di motori di aerei rubati.
Tre hostess, con sede a New York City, lavorano per la compagnia aerea Polar Atlantic Airways. Costoro effettuano voli regolari da New York City a Parigi e Vienna. Una di loro, Donna, incontra Franz Von Elzingen, un barone austriaco impoverito che si rivelerà essere un contrabbandiere di diamanti. Invece Carol, detta "Bella del Sud", si prende una cotta per il copilota dell'aereo Ray Winsley, che però ha una relazione con una donna sposata. La terza, Hilda, viene notata da un vedovo multimilionario del Texas di nome Walter.
A 360-degree view of the trafficking world from the point-of-view of the traffickers, law enforcement agents and those caught in the crossfire with access only National Geographic can provide.
This series shows how in Latin America each border is a challenge for those who try to ignore the limits of legality by land, sky or sea. With exclusive access to 15 border points in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia and Peru.
Every day, 3 million airline passengers travel into the United States— and every one of them is screened and their baggage checked by one of the 40,000 officers who work on America’s front line. This series documents the challenges faced by CBP at four of the busiest airports in the US including Atlanta, Honolulu, Detroit, San Francisco and Newark. From career drug smugglers and human traffickers to less serious visa and passport defaulters, everyone who comes into the United States by air is subject to scrutiny.
Latin America has 35,000 kilometres of borders that represent the geographical limits of each country. They are also the line that separates the legal from the illegal. A very thin line that many are willing to cross. Yet, at each border, many men and women stand their ground, from the police to customs enforcement, in the hopes of stopping those who are trying to break the law.
