As he sweated in jail, Galeota's Panamanian empire crumbled. Behind-the-scenes information; Tony Galeota is framed in Panama City. S10 E10 - Miami Mobster Take Down Tony Galeota is framed for drug trafficking in Panama City. The Basics. Eddie ends up in love and in the notorious Lurigancho Prison. Travelers share stories of being arrested in foreign countries. . Banged Up Abroad: Prison Nightmares recounts some of the worst prison stays experienced by . After three days holed up in a friend's house he made a doomed escape attempt disguised as a woman before falling into the clutches of the town's menacing chief of police, who soon made it clear he would only save Paris and Marlon travel to Peru on business - but find only betrayal. Hours before their return, the true nature of the trip is exposed. Kahlilah smuggles a bag of coke through Cuba in a bid to see her daughter. Tarzan eventually fled to Cuba and returned to Moscow. Hes tempted into the shady world of drug smuggling before being busted in Mauritius. Kim Hood needs a break from life, so she joins a friend on a trip to Thailand to procure nail products for her new business. Jerry and his accomplices are busted when their plane stops in Moscow; they're sentenced to a lengthy spell in a Russian labor camp. Jimmy soon starts dealing meth and is busted! Veteran soldier Brett heads to India to overcome his PTSD but is tempted into smuggling weed out of the mighty Himalayas to Europe. He is featured in the Documentary Operation Odessa. English nursing student Lucy Wright also attempts to smuggle cocaine to pay her debts, but ends up facing 16 to 25 years in Argentina after being busted. Sentenced to life in a squalid Thai prison, Kim and Lisa might never see home again. An early escape attempt ended in disaster when he crashed through a roof into a secure lunatic asylum. But he got more than he bargained for when he and his companions were ambushed by murderous paramilitaries. He'll stop at nothing to get his man, but when tragedy strikes, vengeance takes hold, and he makes a fatal mistake that tears his world apart. Episode 1: Mexico/Declassified: Mexican Cartel Takedown. Hell stop at nothing to get his man, but when tragedy strikes, vengeance takes hold, and he makes a fatal mistake that tears his world apart. Rafael Arguelles is a gangster by the age of 17 but faces life-threatening consequences after going undercover for the FBI against his former friends. Single mom Heather Ebling's vacation to Colombia doesn't live up to her expectations. In intimate detail, Locked Up Abroad reveals Billy Hayes' real-life experience behind the Oscar-winning 1978 film, "Midnight Express." S05E02 Saddam's Iraq . A tattoo of an Italian Mafioso emerges from an extra-large sleeveless T-shirt. A Chicago teen is drawn into smuggling drugs. You are now subscribed to NatGeo newsletter. Chasing the scent of money, he discovers that they are drug smugglers, who bring marijuana into the US from Mexico. He was tempted into the shady world of drug smuggling, then got caught in Mauritius. Lured into drug running by his best friend, Chris is betrayed by the one person he thought he could trust. ABOUT. Unable to endure the prospect of a lifetime behind bars she attempts suicide but fails. Thanks to the efforts of his father in securing a top criminal lawyer, Brendan received a sentence of four years rather than the 25 demanded by the prosecution. It is aired as "Locked up Abroad" on National Geographic Channel and "Banged up Abroad" on National Geographic Adventure and Mediacorp Okto. : "Imprisoned Abroad"), "Farlig Resa" (Eng. She never thought anything could go wrong - her partner in crime had done it 12 times before. Canadian rising hockey star Ryan Phillips smuggles marijuana into the US. British student accused of smuggling cocaine forced to flee. Iraqi soldier forced to become Uday Hussein's body double. Dancer Andrea defies gender norms when she becomes an international success in the cocaine business before the Australian authorities catch up to her. When a stunning swimwear model hits the big time, she moves to Hollywood to cash in. 75%. Locked Up Abroad. The story of Vietnam POWs Ernie Brace and John McCain. In 1972, Jim PapRocki is convinced by his brother-in-law to be his co-pilot on a drug run to Southern Mexico. Miami mobster Tony Galeota is framed and locked up in Panama. Last edited on 16 February 2023, at 14:29, breaks into the house of McGill Alexander, "BBC NEWS UK England Merseyside Drugs mastermind's web of deceit", "Former POWs McCain and Brace reunite for documentary premiere The Hill's in the Know", "McCain relives POW experience in harrowing documentary", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Banged_Up_Abroad&oldid=1139711997, " " (Eng. Eventually he becomes a wanted man and goes on the run. When Susan Haglof forged a birth certificate after a shady adoption in Egypt, she faced the possibility of being imprisoned and losing her baby. 2013-05-28T23:00:00Z 45 mins; 159. The convicted or captured are shown talking about their experiences, combined with dramatic reenactments of their respective experiences. Seduced by the danger and the dollars, they soon become multimillionaire importers, shipping tens of tons of marijuana on freighters up the West Coast, until one of the biggest busts in US history forces them on the run to Bolivia. Banged Up Abroad. Episode 8. When individual episodes have scores, they will influence the final season score. When British schoolteacher Howard Marks agrees to help an old friend finish off a drug deal, he has no idea that it will be the start of a new career. Two incredible stories of American heroes: Vietnam prisoners of war Senator John McCain and Ernest Brace find a way to survive imprisonment together, forging a lifelong friendship. So, he becomes an informer to reduce his sentence. Orthodox Jew Samuel Leibowitz dreamt of making millions as a drug kingpin in Brazil, leading to a terrifying spell in the deadly Carandiru jail. Did they manage to escape prison and make it home? But it's no easy journey. The official Twitter account of Anthony James Galeota aka 'FAT TONY' from #Showtime Operation Odessa and #NATGEO Locked Up Abroad. The 43-year-old is shaped like a mini refrigerator: short and squat, with a shaved head and wide-set emerald eyes. Garrain Jones moves to L.A and launches a modeling career. After spending five years there, he was sent to Imrali, an island prison off the coast of Turkey. Gunshots flashed like fireworks in the darkness. Now the New Yorker's career is stalling and he wants to break into America, but he needs to raise funds to promote himself. The FBI captures mobster Frank Cullotta, who lifts the lid on the mafia's Vegas rule. Worried he'll end up on the streets, Alex's uncle gets him a job in a tire shop. Steven Beatties Thai party lifestyle isnt cheap he smuggles hash to fund it but pays the ultimate price when hes locked up in Japan. the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. After getting caught, she is forced to overcome her demons in a tough jail. A swimwear model becomes a drug-smuggling empress. For a while, Panama's pay-to-play culture suited Galeota just fine. Mark Greening breaks the golden rule to never body-pack hash, and enhanced airport security for soccer's World Cup in Tokyo gets him busted. A young American dancer is sent to the "Bangkok Hilton.". Company director Robert Pringle got seven years in a violent South American lock-up after being pressured into drug smuggling by his dealer. A man buys illegal drugs in Mexico with counterfeit money. Home > Locked Up Abroad: Breakout > Season 3 > Episode 8 TV Season Page. In a back room, drug authorities found 10.5 kilos of heroin in his Henry Hill, the inspiration behind Martin Scorseses movie, relives his descent from Mafia wise guy to a spell in Terminal Island Penitentiary. When Miami mobster Tony Galeota opens a club in Panama City, the competition frames him for drug dealing and human trafficking. : "Arrested beyond border"), "Kabusa Dnen Yolculuklar" (Eng. Struggling musician David Evans agrees to smuggle cocaine from Venezuela to Europe. Privacy Policy : "Voyage of Hell"), Aired originally as "Banged up Abroad" and as "Locked up Abroad" starting Dec 2011, "Podr do pieka" (Eng. A legitimate British arms dealer is approached to supply weapons to a group of terrorists, he goes undercover for British Intelligence to prevent the massacre of innocent people. Caught by the police, she turns informer but is imprisoned anyway. A party girl spirals into addiction but sees a way out through drug smuggling. In a desperate attempt to keep his life and family afloat, Paul Keany's agrees to smuggle six kilos of cocaine from Venezuela. : "Imprisoned abroad"), "Preso en el Extranjero" (Eng. In South Korea, English teacher Jesse Moskel becomes the kingpin of a huge MDMA smuggling operation, and one of South East Asia's most wanted men. A Londoner heads to Thailand to work in his dad's bar. A 70s hippie and his naive pal are small time dealers selling hash to Boston college kids, until they get approached by a Colombian cartel keen to use their skills. SEASON 12. During the Persian Gulf War of 1990, Tom Lynch and John White made a daring escape attempt from the oil field where they were working, to avoid becoming human shields. "We went there and we couldn't believe what we saw," says Josh Weiss, a former DJ at Porky's and one of Galeota's closest friends. After a few days, the women head back to the airport with suitcases that barely conceal the drug packages. It's a game which costs him his family, his career and his freedom. Within weeks of its April 2011 opening, the club was raking in $6,000 on good nights. news. Banged Up Abroad: Crime & Punishment: Pregnant In Prison. Miami Mobster Take Down S12 E10 1 May 2020. Porky's, a garishly lit club on Okeechobee Road in Hialeah, has been closed for a decade, but it lives on in the memory of 'Fat Tony' Galeota, who managed the joint. By continuing, you agree to the Privacy Policy and
All was revealed when this great episode went out on air in February 2020. schedule. Travelers share stories of being arrested in foreign countries. When the Mafia put a hit on his life, Frank entered the witness-protection programme and lifted the lid on criminal activity in Las Vegas. He sold the shop and in 2010 opened Bongos, a restaurant serving wings and beer. He then becomes kingpin of a multi-million dollar cocaine empire. Tarzan and one of his partners, Fat Tony Galeota, had opened a strip club in Panama similar to a previous enterprise in Miami called Porkys but they landed behind bars in 4. Blackmailed by two cops, a drug dealer goes undercover. On the day of his departure, he was duct taped with almost 4 kilos of cocaine. Two freelance journalists travel to war-torn Somalia, but the price to tell their story will be more than a year in captivity after they are kidnapped by a criminal gang. He starts working for a crime gang in the Costa Del Sol and is enamored by the gangster lifestyle. Within weeks of its April 2011 opening, the club was raking in $6,000 on good nights. When Miami mobster Tony Galeota opens a club in Panama City, the competition frames him for drug dealing and human trafficking. A police informant is swept up in a biker gang murder. A fantasy vacation in Mauritius turned into a seven-year nightmare when Brigene Young was busted for smuggling drugs hidden in her shoes. The episodes focus on the events leading up to the arrest or time in captivity. Miami mobster Tony Galeota is locked up in Panama after being framed for drug dealing and human trafficking. try. But she and her husband David were forced at gunpoint to smuggle multiple kilos of liquid cocaine back to England. Determined to prove his innocence, he made a further daring escape attempt disguised as a woman, but was recaptured. When Roy is kidnapped in Iraq while working for the US military, the race is on to find where he is being held before it's too late. Jew Samuel Leibowitz dreamt of being a drug kingpin. After this he stood trail and was sentenced to life in prison. Freshen up your watchlist with Prime Videos latest roster of streaming movies and TV shows. But it soon comes crumbling down around him. There he picks up 7 pounds (3.2 kilos) of cocaine carried in cans of hairspray. A teenage drug courier is tricked into a more dangerous job than she bargained for in Bolivia. In 2011, Matthew VanDyke is watching news coverage of the Libyan Arab Spring, and decides to join the rebels. Falco is facing life in prison and becomes an informer. Surfers Mike and Mace were caught smuggling marijuana while sailing down the Mexican coast. Banged Up Abroad: Crime & Punishment: Rise To Fall Latin pop star Jimmy Bauer smuggles heroin from the Dominican Republic. Born in Odesa, Fainberg left the Soviet Union in the early 1980s for Israel, and moved to the United States following the fall of the Soviet Union. She moves from Philadelphia to Miami with her six-year-old daughter. Steven Beattie's Thai party lifestyle isn't cheap, so he smuggles hash to fund it, for which he pays the ultimate price when he's locked up in Japan. After 19 years in Witness Protection, with a bounty still on his head, career criminal Paul Derry tells his story for the first time on camera. He loved the teaching and the nightlife but was struggling financially, so he agreed to participate in a scam. But theres a catch - she must take her daughter as cover to reduce suspicion. Short on cash, he concocts a plan to scam people seeking to buy engines, but a buyer who catches on ends up leading him deeper into crime. What he finds are bloodthirsty child soldiers controlled by a menacing rebel warlord. [inappropriate external link?] Welcome to 24kitchen! After his arrest, drug dealer Charles Falco strikes a deal and becomes an undercover confidential informant. In 2009, South Africans Debbie Callitz and Bruno Pelizarri sell everything to buy a yacht and pursue their dream of sailing to India. Guards stop smugglers at the Greek border. ", Episode 4: Somalia/Somali Pirate Hostage Hell, Episode 6: Libya/Gadaffi's American Prisoner, Episode 1: Ecuador/Breaking Bad in Britain, Episode 4: Sudan/Double Crossed in the Desert, Episode 3: Dominican Republic/Caribbean Coke King. Travelling magician Mark Greening juggled a young family with a budding hash-smuggling business after moving to Japan but he soon got caught. True stories of ordinary people who ended up miles from home, in a foreign land in a situation beyond their worst nightmares. In a few of the cases, at the end of the episode, the convicted are shown sitting with hand-cuffs on if they are still in jail. Little did he know that the price of telling the story would be more than a year in captivity. But her party lifestyle spirals out of control, and she needs more money. Heather Eblings dream trip to Colombia turns sour when shes arrested for drugs. Arms dealer Peter Bleach goes undercover to prevent a massacre but lands in Indian prison. Terms and Policies . The tale of Chris Chance, whose daredevil life smuggling cannabis into the UK concealed in a rubber body suit led to a nasty prison sentence. When caught at Bangkok airport shes sentenced to life at a notorious Bangkok prison. You need to install or update your flash player. Single mom Heather Ebling's dream vacation to Colombia doesn't live up to expectations. Travelers share stories of being arrested in foreign countries. The bartender hid in the bathroom and dialed 911. Can he prove his innocence and escape? When he agrees to body-pack 13 bags of drugs from Thailand to Sydney, his lifestyle is about to change. Martial-arts expert and smuggler Chris Chance is caught in a police ambush, and must abandon his wife to spend years in a Spanish prison. Authorities were going to re-arrest Tarzan and his accomplice (Tony Galeota). Tina Myers is an exotic dancer and part time drug dealer. ! When a lifelong gun runner and drug dealer infiltrates the Hells Angels biker gang for a million-dollar payout, he gets swept up in a horrific murder hit. A civilian truck driver for the U.S. military is taken hostage by insurgents in war-torn Iraq. But when he's caught at the airport in Caracas, it turns into the worst decision of his life. : "Travels turned to nightmare"), "orkirani u inostranstvu" (Eng. A young mom addicted to crack takes her child on a risky smuggling job. But when Michael takes on a bigger job as a favour for Andre, he is caught smuggling cocaine, and sentenced to 10 years in a Dominican prison. : "Nightmare beyond borders"), " " (Eng. Then disappointment turns to terror when on her way home she's arrested for drug trafficking. A troubled young father goes on the run to Spain to avoid a small prison sentence. While there she falls in love with a man named Phillip, the relationship turns into her worst nightmare. "Encarcelados en el extranjero" (Eng. Tweets & replies . 114 Following. The plan is interrupted by Tijuana cops and Steve faces years behind bars in the infamous and deadly La Mesa penitentiary. Tweets. 44:25. . Tony Galeota's shaved head fairly glows with nostalgia as he remembers the days when you might have strolled into his Hialeah bar in search of commercial sex, or maybe to get beaten . In a rash attempt to prove he could make some cash, he agrees to act as a drug mule. Matthew VanDyke was captured by Qaddafi's men. 2020. Clare travels to India, but when money gets tight, she sends hash illegally to Europe in the mail. But life in the fast lane soon takes its toll on her finances and she decides the only way to keep the dream alive is to use her beauty brand as a ruse to ship drugs. : "Jailed abroad"), "Horror Trips Wenn Reisen zum Albtraum werden" (Eng. Banged Up Abroad: Crime & Punishment: Ecstasy Underworld, Banged Up Abroad: Crime & Punishment: Betrayed And Afraid, Banged Up Abroad: Crime & Punishment: Wise Guys. Episode 3: New York/Brazil/Mafia Terminator. Season 3 Episode Guide. Episode 6: Nova Scotia/Declassified: A Rat's Tale. A Chicago woman, dumped by her lover, smuggles heroin from Thailand to fund a new life. The trio planned to buy a Soviet submarine for the Cali drug cartel of Colombia for the purposes of trafficking cocaine. Liverpudlian Billy Moore moves to Thailand to start a new, happier life, but instead he gets addicted to the drug Yaba and loses control. Almeida was a specialist in obtaining black-market goods . Season 10. In Spokane, Washington, teenage street racer Rick Cedar is overwhelmed to find out his girlfriend is pregnant. Locked up in La Joya, one of the worst prisons in the world, Galeota must fight for his life, prove his innocence and attempt an audacious escape back to the United . Leonid "Tarzan" Fainberg also known as Ludwig Lyosha Fainberg (born January 3, 1958) is a Ukrainian mobster.Born in Odesa, Fainberg left the Soviet Union in the early 1980s for Israel, and moved to the United States following the fall of the Soviet Union. Your Favorite National Geographic Series and Films Streaming Anytime on Disney+. After days embedded with rebels from the Free Syrian Army, rookie photographer Matthew Schrier decides he's ridden his luck long enough. Tom Lynch and his fellow contractors are imprisoned while trying to escape Iraq in 1990. David Harte was in his forties when life collapsed around him. Stay up-to-date on all the latest Rotten Tomatoes news! So when a local drug dealer offers her the chance to bring a suitcase of cocaine back from Venezuela, she agrees. "I wouldn't leave a dog in that prison, let alone my husband.". schedule-Miami Mobster Take Down. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Anthony Galeota was born October 17, 1968, on Long Island. Banged Up Abroad (rebadged as Locked Up Abroad in Asia and the United States, and Jailed Abroad in India, for the National Geographic Channel) is a British documentary/docudrama television series created by Bart Layton that was produced for Channel 5 and that premiered in March 2006.Most episodes feature stories of people who have been arrested while travelling abroad, usually for trying to . Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscri. Briton David Scott tells the story of finding his soulmate in the Philippines - and risking a 14-year prison sentence for adultery. Can he prove his innocence and escape?All was revealed when this great episode went out on air in February 2020. He faces moral temptation and life-changing decisions, all as he works out what's more important to him.
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