Vital Thrills offers an advance look at the worlds Mariana Van Zeller will be exploring in the second season of "Trafficked." Among them are stolen cars, the meth trade, back-alley plastic surgery, outlaw motorcycle gangs, the new women cocaine bosses in Colombia, and even marijuana. Despite the increasing legalization of pot in America, the black market for it is still thriving.
What Van Zeller uncovers is eye-opening. You may want to rethink your dinner choices once you learn that a full 30 percent of the seafood sold for consumption has been caught illegally by pirates who defy conservation laws to deplete the oceans. The journalist also gets an inside look at a gang of "romance scammers" from Ghana who make millions by wooing wealthy people on social media, then persuading their victims to send them money. So, think twice before clicking the "accept" button from that unknown guy who wants to follow you on Instagram.
One episode that promises to be especially chilling will air on January 5, 2022. Van Zeller meets with white supremacists whose secret network has a racially motivated violent agenda. The documentary's trailer shows her asking a young man, "Are you a Nazi?" The man — whose t-shirt does appear to have a swastika on it — just grins and snickers.
"Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller" follows in the footsteps of other National Geographic docuseries like "Drug Lords: The Next Generation," shedding light on the portions of humanity who spend most of their days in the shadows.
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