Locked Up Abroad

The Latin Kings gang dominates Chicago in the 1980s, and teenager Rafael Arguelles joins up for protection. But after spending time in prison, he realises that the gang he used to run with is tearing his community apart. He turns to the FBI and starts working against his former brutal mob boss, Lord Gino.

Bronwyn Atherton travels the world to escape her grief after a life-altering tragedy, and finds herself drawn into a shadowy world of drug smugglers and cocaine. But when she's busted running drugs out of Peru, Bronwyn must fight her demons and confront the trauma of her past when she's thrown into one of the world's toughest prisons.

Lured into drug running by his best friend Jake, accountant Chris Heifner settles all his debts. But after he is busted with a trunk load of Marijuana, he is betrade by the person he thought he could trust most. Facing the triple threat of the DEA, the Cartel and a terrifying hitman, the only way out is to turn informant and take Jake down…

Anelda Mare is on a road to destruction. Tormented by her past, and with a devil-may-care attitude, she is lured into the prospect of making money by drug trafficking. After smuggling for eighteen months she decides to quit, only to be told her parents will be killed unless she smuggles four kilos of cocaine out of Brazil. Fearful for her parent's safety, Anelda agrees to do one last run…

Fun-loving Brit Steven Beattie turns to running drugs across Asia when he runs out of cash, but is busted with a suitcase full of marijuana resin in Japan. Thrown into an unforgiving Japanese prison, where even speaking English can land you in solitary for a month, Steven must find a way to survive an environment beyond his worst nightmares.

The Latin Kings gang dominates Chicago in the 1980s, and teenager Rafael Arguelles joins up for protection. But after spending time in prison, he realises that the gang he used to run with is tearing his community apart. He turns to the FBI and starts working against his former brutal mob boss, Lord Gino.

42-year old David Harte crashes into a mid-life crisis when his marriage collapses and his business goes bust. With nowhere left to turn, David moves into a dingy hostel – and is lured into smuggling heroin to the paradise island of Mauritius. But after his luck runs out, David must find a way to survive in a deadly, drug-ridden prison in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

Boxer Billy Moore battles his way through a tough childhood in Liverpool, UK. Searching for a fresh start, he flees from turmoil and addiction to Thailand. But he soon becomes gripped by his dependence on Yaba, a terrifying new drug. When Billy turns to dealing his life spirals out of control, and he must use his fighting skills to survive in a brutal Thai prison.

A veteran of the Bosnian war, Brett Makinson is desperate to overcome the PTSD that has plagued him since leaving the British Army. He heads to India, where he hopes Buddhism can provide the answers he's looking for – but ends up taking a very different path. After being caught smuggling high-grade marijuana out of the country, Brett is thrown in jail and forced to finally confront his demons.

Cabaret dancer, Andrea refuses to conform to gender stereotypes when she challenges the patriarchy of the international drugs business by importing vast amounts of cocaine into 1990's Australia. When the police do eventually catch up with her, her incarceration in a tough Aussie jail forces her to confront the demons which put her on this criminal path.