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The worlds oldest profession is now a thriving black market economy, with an underground workforce thats just an Internet connection and a phone call away.

One of the world's most renowned rock climbers, Dean potter leaps off cliffs and mountains while wearing a special "wingsuit" that helps him soar before deploying a parachute and then landing.

The world's largest emerald is unearthed in Brazil in 2001, sparking an epic tale of deceit, obsession, and folly.

Navigating the front lines, National Geographic examines how left wing guerillas, criminal organizations and international mining companies are all staking their claim to Colombia's gold.

Is marijuana the next big emerging industry? Despite the fact that it remains illegal under federal law and in 35 states, the new generation of "ganja-preneurs" are no longer hiding in the shadows.

To Catch a Smuggler

From 4,000-year-old threads of evidence, scientists attempt the impossible to be the first to reconstruct the identity of a Stone Age human being.

Three psychics put a new spin on an old story - by searching for lost treasure using only the power of their minds.

National Geographic goes deep inside a high-stakes hostage negotiation that offers lessons on what can go wrong when police negotiators lose control and the media takes over.

A freak inland tsunami smashes through towns and cities, bringing widespread destruction and claiming lives across the Australian state of Queensland.

Using forensics, archaeology and criminal investigation, experts look to solve the mystery of who murdered a 10-year-old child in an ancient Roman garrison in 213 AD.

Could the American government's war on transnational gangs, ironically, be making them stronger and more deadly?

National Geographic takes you inside the secretive underworld of the Yakuza, Japan's infamous organized crime syndicates.

It's one of the most explosive Mob investigations in New York City history, told by the detectives who hunted the mobsters involved--and two members of their own police force who were willing to kill for the Mafia.