Locked Up Abroad

- Season 6

(2011)

Scottish chef Gordon Malloch arrives in Saudi Arabia to start a new life as a catering manager, but quickly finds himself a profitable sideline as a bootlegger.

Henry Hill--who inspired the movie Goodfellas--relays the true story of his rise and fall as a drug dealing wiseguy in the New York mob.

An internet romance sparks a tragic turn of events ending with a 14 year prison sentence.

Jeremy Khinoo pushes his luck when he tries to buy illegal prescription drugs with fake cash in Mexico.

A fantasy vacation turns into a seven-year nightmare when Brigene Young is busted for smuggling drugs hidden in her shoes.

A former soldier must rely on his combat training to survive a violent Spanish prison after being convicted of smuggling 500 kilos of hashish.

Stephen Sutton agrees to transport gold from Argentina to Australia in exchange for $15,000, but he's tricked into carrying cocaine and gets caught.

Addicted to cocaine, unable to keep a job and desperate for money, Robert Pringle agrees to smuggle cocaine out of Peru. When Robert has second thoughts and tries to back out of the deal, drug dealers threaten him and his family.

Vivian Carrasquillo from Brooklyn, New York is offered $20,000 to be a drug mule. The task appears easy when she's assured the Colombian customs officials have been bribed. But things are not as they seem and instead she ends up on a crash diet in a terrifying tropical jail.

Faced with an impending manslaughter trial, a military veteran travels to Thailand for a quick getaway. While there, she learns her travel companion is planning on smuggling heroin back to the U.S., and she agrees to help her out.