Traffickers: Inside The Golden Triangle — Season 1
About this season
Follow the rise and demise of three infamous drug kingpins – known as ‘the Opium King,’ ‘The Mekong River Pirate’ and ‘The Playboy Drug Lord’ – in Thailand, Myanmar and Laos.
Episodes (3)
1. The Opium King
Aired 23 July 2021
As heroin devastates the streets of 1970s New York, DEA agents team with Thai authorities to bring down Khun Sa, the criminal mastermind controlling 70% of Burma’s global drug trafficking trade.
2. The Mekong River Pirate
Aired 30 July 2021
After thirteen sailors are executed on a ship along the Mekong River, a Chinese task force is granted special permission to lead a manhunt across the Golden Triangle for suspected kingpin and merciless water taxman Naw Kham.
3. The Playboy Drug Lord
Aired 6 August 2021
As a meth epidemic sweeps through the Golden Triangle, police investigate the operation’s rumored leader, Xaysana Keopimpha, but find themselves at the mercy of complex hierarchies within the syndicate.