Undercover Asia Black Markets and Slave Trades

In Paracale Philippines miners have been risking their lives to mine for gold using the worlds most dangerous method Why do these illegal mines flourish despite a nationwide ban We trace the shadowy chain of command through players agents financiers all the way to buyers in the black market

Underage domestic workers are common in Myanmar where lowincome families find work for their children as an alternative to abandoning them Some are even adopted officially but many children end up being beaten and abused We look at the issue of child bondage via an explosive headlinegrabbing case

Big Tobacco provides jobs for millions of Indonesians but they come at a cost for hundreds of children working in tobacco fields Childworkers suffer from the effects of nicotine poisoning and pesticides as they toil to supply to the wealthiest cigarette brands Why is the problem being ignored

For generations drugs have plagued the fishermen on Malaysias east coast Is it the fishing culture men making bad choices or are there more sinister forces at play Where are the drugs coming from Will the authorities succeed in controlling the drug problem

Januarynbsp14th 2016 Jakarta was hit by the regions very first ISIS attack The men responsible were radicalized by Indonesias most radical cleric Aman Abdurrahman while in prison In an exclusive interview we hear from the radical cleric who controls his extremist network from behind bars

Degree Mill exposes an epic scandal of fraud and exploitation At its center is Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh the alleged mastermind behind the global sale of bogus degrees Thousands of people have paid millions for worthless bits of paper and some have used their fake degrees to get real jobs

In Heist we reveal the untold story of how a gang of cybercriminals was able to steal 81 million from the Bangladesh government transfer the money through fake bank accounts in Manila and then collude with gangsters to make the money disappear on the gambling floors of highend casinos

Space technology and slavery dont often go handinhand One provides the freedom of the information age while the other signifies the ultimate lack of liberty The revolutionary use of satellite technology could be a breakthrough in tackling one of the worlds dirty hidden secrets