Banged Up Abroad — Season 12

Aired 2 January 2019 • 45 min

Jimmy gives up his job as a postman to open a bar in Thailand, but quickly starts dealing meth. The police get wise and in a dramatic takedown bust him and send him to prison.

Aired 9 January 2019 • 45 min

David embarks on an epic road trip, where he attempts to smuggle hash from Afghanistan to Germany. He is caught in Greece and imprisoned on an island.

Aired 9 January 2019 • 45 min

Unemployed Michael Singh tries cocaine smuggling to make money. But after 7 successful runs, Michael is caught and left to rot in a Dominican prison.

Aired 16 January 2019 • 45 min

In Mexico, Carlos Quijas is falsely imprisoned and tortured for drug smuggling. Inside Mexico's most dangerous prison, he has to get tough to survive.

Aired 23 January 2019 • 45 min

Champion skier Nick Brewer gets involved in a multi-million dollar cocaine empire in Argentina.

Aired 30 January 2019 • 45 min

Hip hop dancer LaTasha thinks she's been offered the opportunity of a lifetime, but opportunity turns to nightmare when she finds herself locked up and pregnant in a Thai jail, having been fooled into smuggling heroin by a man she thought she loved.

Aired 6 February 2019 • 45 min

On a mission to find drug labs in the Colombian jungle, Keith Stansell crashes. He's kidnapped by FARC guerrillas and held hostage for over five years.

Aired 13 February 2019 • 45 min

Party girl Christina spirals into addiction but sees a way out through drug smuggling.

Aired 20 February 2019 • 45 min

Mark joins an ashram looking for enlightenment, but he finds himself locked up in India.

Aired 27 February 2019 • 45 min

Paris and Marlon travel to Peru for an exciting business opportunity—ending in the ultimate betrayal