Undercover Asia — Season 6
This flagship investigative series digs deep into the underbelly of Asia to uncover stories about passport forgers, medical refugees, and desperate people caught in the crossfire of politics.
About this season
This flagship investigative series digs deep into the underbelly of Asia to uncover stories about passport forgers, medical refugees, and desperate people caught in the crossfire of politics.
Episodes (6)
1. Smuggling for Survival
Aired 28 January 2019 • 47 min
Cancer patients in China desperate for targeted drugs are turning to India. But they face many risks as they navigate the web of shady manufacturers and gray areas in the drug market.
2. The Forgers
Aired 4 February 2019 • 45 min
Meet "The Doctor", who has helped drug dealers, criminals and terrorists move freely across borders, often to deadly effect. We get exclusive access to one of the world’s most notorious passport forgers, as he speaks to us from inside the prison walls in Thailand.
3. Fish Wars
Aired 11 February 2019 • 47 min
Why is the farming of pangasius in Vietnam so controversial, especially in the West? We investigate the mass production of this fish also known as dory, basa fish, and catfish.
4. Maldives - Trouble in Paradise
Aired 18 February 2019 • 47 min
Maldives is known as a tourist paradise, but the locals live a very different life here. What are the social and political forces that are turning their young men to terrorism?
5. North Korean Ghost Ships
Aired 25 February 2019 • 48 min
Fishing ships from North Korea, discovered with dead bodies onboard, have been washing up on Japan's shores. We investigate why there has been a spike in the number of these"ghost ships".
6. Evaporated People
8.0Aired 4 March 2019 • 48 min
Every year, nearly 100,000 Japanese vanish without a trace. They are known as johatsu, or “evaporated people”. What drives them to engineer their own disappearances?