Undercover Asia: Black Markets and Slave Trade

This award-winning investigative series goes undercover to expose the secret underbelly of Asia and its sprawling economy. The region is awash in stories of crime, violence and injustice. The producers of this series go to extreme lengths to expose slave trades in Korea, reveal the secret organ trade in the Philippines, and bring the multibillion dollar blood jade industry into the light of day.

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S1 E1 - The Organ Bazaar
February 13, 2016
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A human organ is sold on the global black market every hour. This illegal organ trade is worth up to $1.2 billion US dollars a year. In this episode, we journey to Manila to investigate this secret and criminal trade.
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S1 E2 - North Korean Slaves
March 22, 2016
45min
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Today more than 50,000 North Korean men and women are enslaved in 40 countries. Most of their salary is stolen from them to keep the Supreme Leader in power. North Korea and the countries that play host to their workers have been able to keep this modern-day slavery a secret until now.
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S1 E3 - Blood Jade
April 5, 2016
45min
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Jade mining in Myanmar is a multibillion-dollar industry shrouded in secrecy and corruption, and controlled by some of the most notorious figures from a militant past. Jade and the Junta dig deeply into the world of desperation and death that surrounds the race for one of world's most valuable gems.
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