Project · 03
National Geographic · Muck Media
Traffickedwith Mariana van Zeller
The series · Across the global underworld
Follow the chain.
See the whole system.
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller explores the complex and often dangerous inner workings of smuggling networks, black markets, and informal economies around the world.
- Presented by
- National Geographic
- Production company
- Muck Media
- Format
- Original documentary series
- Scope
- Global black and informal markets
Official trailer · 02:05
Go inside the underworld.
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Access beyond the surface
Every market has a human cost.
Each investigation follows the chain of custody of trafficked goods, asking how contraband moves and who profits. The series builds a 360-degree view through the perspectives of smugglers, law enforcement, and the people caught in the crossfire—bringing human clarity to systems designed to remain hidden.
Selected credits
Built on trust in dangerous places.
- Host & creator
- Mariana van Zeller
- Executive producer & showrunner
- Jeffrey Plunkett
- Executive producer for National Geographic
- Bengt Anderson
- Director of photography
- Frederic Menou
- Cinematography
- Joshua Flannigan
- Produced by
- Muck Media
- Presented by
- National Geographic