Borders

Murder and extreme gang violence has brought El Salvador to its knees.

We meet unscrupulous surgeons and traffickers who butcher people for their organs.

New Zealand has a gang problem and the turf wars are getting bloodier.

Mafias make billions on our waste. The cost to local communities is detrimental.

Deep dive into the secretive art world and a gigantic alleged fraud feud.

Could two oligarch bankers have stolen billions of dollars from their own bank?

Criminals use Thailand as a drugs super highway to fuel Australia's meth crisis.

A deadly alliance between the Albanian mafia and Colombia's biggest cocaine clan.

In this episode, Michelle meets with Kudret Yakup, founder and operator of Yana Kebab Express, to talk about Uyghur cuisine, the food of a Turkic ethnic group who live in East and Central Asia.

In this episode, Michelle meets with Mina Newman, executive chef of Sen Sakana in NYC, to talk about Nikkei cuisine, the culinary result of the Japanese diaspora in Latin America—specifically how Japanese migration influenced Peruvian cooking.

You’ve heard of spaghetti and meatballs and fettuccine alfredo, but have you ever wondered how those dishes came to be?

In this episode of Close To Home, Michelle sits down with J.J. Johnson, the James Beard award-winning chef of Henry at Life Hotel in NYC, to talk about the African diaspora’s effects on global cuisine.