TV crews are embedded with US Customs and Border Protection officers and Homeland Security Investigations agents to uncover the hidden world of smuggling established cartel operations to wild party boats returning from the Caribbean.
EPISODE 1
Episode 1
Agents investigate a DJ smuggling ecstasy in cans of dog food. Agents are hot on the trail of weapons smugglers. A luxury boat with a checkered history catches agents' attention. Agents locate a boat with people smugglers attempting to make landfall.
EPISODE 2
Episode 2
HSI agents coordinate a massive raid to take down a transnational drug trafficking gang. Agents interdict an erratically moving vessel, often a sign of evasive smugglers, but it turns out that its passengers have less sinister motives.
EPISODE 3
Episode 3
Officers race to Port Newark, where a West African car gang is getting ready to ship a stolen luxury vehicle out of the country. Using the owner's GPS tracker on the car, they attempt to identify the container it's in before the ship leaves port.
EPISODE 4
Episode 4
Agents investigate a small boat crewed by three men on a well-known smuggling route, only to confirm the men have a shady past. An agent finds lifejackets and clothing abandoned on the beach, evidence of a recent illegal migrant landing.
EPISODE 5
Episode 5
Agents must abort a mission when an incoming tropical storm rolls in. A cruise ship passenger baulks at paying US duty on cigarettes. Illicit packages dumped at sea begin washing up on Florida's beaches. A Brazilian vessel intrigues agents.
EPISODE 6
Episode 6
Agents conducting a random stop-search inspection of vehicles coming off a car ferry get a hit. Officers come across a shipment of 80,000 t-shirts that may all be counterfeit. Agents descend into a mangrove forest to rescue stranded migrants.
Dan Nachtrab
