Undercover Asia: Black Markets and Slave Trade

Richard Huckle is one of the world's most heinous child sexual predators. He is guilty of almost 100 counts of child sexual abuse in Malaysia. His exploits were anonymously put onto the dark web for pedophiles from all over the world. This online presence would lead to his arrest.

40,000 people in Japan die alone in their homes every year. We follow Hirotsugu Masuda, the CEO of a specialist 'Lonely Death' cleaning company, as he and his team go on the job. What causes all of these tragedies?

Despite his own ordeal at the hands of Abu Sayyaf, journalist Baker Atyani returns to the Philippines to find out why they are prospering. As he tries to search for a negotiator for the latest victims, a breakthrough comes when he meets intelligence officers searching for Baker's own abductors.

India is facing a massive crisis in its healthcare sector: there is only 1 registered doctor for every 1700 patients. This severe shortage of qualified doctors, an ineffective public healthcare system, lack of legal enforcement, and corruption has lead to the rampant growth of quacks in the country.

Nearly 90% of the estimated 143 million children in orphanages worldwide are not orphans at all. They are systematically bought, coerced, and stolen away from their birth families. The adoption industry is a huge market driven by money where orphans are 'manufactured'.

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to kill 3 million addicts in his campaign against drugs. More than 6,000 people have been killed in the first 6 months since Duterte assumed office. His controversial methods have caused international outrage, but the president remains unfazed.

In China, divorce rates have almost doubled in the last decade, with many couples splitting up due to a third party. With more married men taking up lovers and mistresses, China is seeing the rise of an unexpected industry: professional Mistress Busters who are hired by wives to save their marriage.

Kachin state is facing a heroin epidemic that has spread disease, divided communities, and destroyed a generation. With drug production backed by the government army and their militias, and ignored by local authorities, civilians have decided to tackle the problem themselves. A fast growing movement of Christian vigilantes is fighting back against this deadly trade.

In Pakistan, over 1,000 women are killed every year in the name of honor, and one case made the world take notice. Social media star Qandeel Baloch's bold and sexy videos challenged convention and shocked a nation. In conservative Pakistan, a woman's actions can have fatal consequences.