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The Best Episodes of The Traffickers

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Enter the global black market with Nelufar Hedayat as she sets out to meet the people trafficking illegal goods and those trying to catch them.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Traffickers Season 1 Episode 8 - Fake Pharma
    7.1/10(16 votes)

    #1 - Fake Pharma

    S1:E8

    Nelufar Hedayat investigates the fake pharmaceutical industry. It's so profitable criminal gangs are ditching cocaine and heroin for counterfeit medicine. Nelufar follows the fake pharma trail across West Africa to the source of the drugs in China.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Traffickers Season 1 Episode 3 - Organs For Sale
    6.9/10(16 votes)

    #2 - Organs For Sale

    S1:E3

    Nelufar Hedayat investigates the black market in trafficked human organs. She discovers how poverty drives together sellers from Bangladesh and wealthy kidney disease patients in a desperate embrace that defies easy moral judgements.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Traffickers Season 1 Episode 7 - The Girl in the Window
    6.8/10(16 votes)

    #3 - The Girl in the Window

    S1:E7

    Nelufar Hedayat investigates how the sex industry in Western Europe is fuelling a market for sex slaves. Vulnerable children in poor Eastern European countries are groomed for years, targeted by unscrupulous traffickers who reveal their methods.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Traffickers Season 1 Episode 6 - The $3000 Meal
    6.7/10(18 votes)

    #4 - The $3000 Meal

    S1:E6

    Nelafur investigates the rise of the Pangolin as a rare and expensive exotic food source

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Traffickers Season 1 Episode 1 - The Dark Side of Adoption
    6.5/10(15 votes)

    #5 - The Dark Side of Adoption

    S1:E1

    Nelufar Hedayat investigates how the West's desire to adopt internationally is driving demand for a supply of the world's poorest children. Genuine acts of kindness are corrupted by fraud, theft and deceit ultimately leading to child trafficking.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Traffickers Season 1 Episode 2 - Killed for a Horn
    6.5/10(24 votes)

    #6 - Killed for a Horn

    S1:E2

    Nelufar Hedayat investigates the black market in rhino horns from Vietnamese dealers to South African smugglers. In the Kruger National Park she uncovers a secret war between gamekeepers and poachers and witnesses the tragic consequences for rhinos.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Traffickers Season 1 Episode 5 - Bloody Gold
    6.5/10(14 votes)

    #7 - Bloody Gold

    S1:E5

    Nelufar Hedayat investigates the black market in trafficked human organs. She discovers how poverty drives together sellers from Bangladesh and wealthy kidney disease patients in a desperate embrace that defies easy moral judgements.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Traffickers Season 1 Episode 4 - Guns and Gangs
    6.1/10(11 votes)

    #8 - Guns and Gangs

    S1:E4

    Trafficked US weapons are helping to incite violent crime in El Salvador and Guatemala: In an adrenaline-fueled ride through Central America's notorious ganglands, Nelufar Hedayat investigates how the guns get there, and who pays the ultimate price.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Fake Pharma" is the best rated episode of "The Traffickers". It scored 7.1/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/18/2016. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Organs For Sale".