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The wild story of how the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah became major players in the global cocaine trade – and how the DEA and CIA fought each other to catch them.

In 1949, the government of the Republic of China was defeated in the Chinese Civil War. The Nationalist Government fled the People’s Liberation Army to Taiwan, along with two million troops and civilians. Gao Binghan escaped alone at the age of 13.

Host, Jamie Clifton, looks at some of the chaos caused by recreational drug prohibition.

Photographer Gabriele Micalizzi was given rare access to Russian troops fighting in Ukraine.

Drug cartels are more innovative than most legitimate companies. From narco-submarines to sex toys, we look at the most inventive ways cartels have smuggled drugs.

From poaching endangered shellfish to smoking quaaludes, this is the wild origin story of how meth took over South Africa.

Carlos Ghosn, former chairman of Nissan and CEO of Renault, was accused of under-reporting $80 million of his own salary.

Sri Lanka is bankrupt and protestors blame the current economic crisis on just one family.

Mixed-race Eurasian face filters and models are prolific on Chinese social media, but the same preference isn’t given to mixed-race Black and Chinese people.

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel are Mexico’s deadliest narco empire. But amidst rumours that their leader is actually dead – could this all be about to crumble?

The global cocaine trade has been revolutionised by Albanian mafia groups. We show how these groups really operate, using business innovation and brutal violence to maintain their power.

How did the street gang MS-13 become the deadliest gang in Central America, virtually taking over entire cities? How do they actually fit into the global narco-trade?