Description
America prides itself on being pro-business. Unfortunately, some of its biggest businesses are illegal – nurtured by
corruption, malevolent technology, and sophisticated criminal networks.
corruption, malevolent technology, and sophisticated criminal networks.
This five-part CNBC series reveals some of the most disturbing examples of high-stakes crime, from human
trafficking to the underground prescription drug market.
trafficking to the underground prescription drug market.
Spotlighting the ringleaders, wayward souls, and systematic con artists who keep illicit corporations in business, the
series also offers perspectives from law enforcement experts and from former denizens of the criminal landscape.
series also offers perspectives from law enforcement experts and from former denizens of the criminal landscape.
Viewing time: 44 minutes per DVD. In English, with English-language subtitles. 2011. $849.75 for the 5-part series.
Can purchase each DVD separately for $169.95 each; please see the Product Options box above when ordering.
Can purchase each DVD separately for $169.95 each; please see the Product Options box above when ordering.
Titles include:
- Human Trafficking
From prostitution to slave labor, human trafficking knows no moral or geographical boundaries. This CNBC program
examines an underground global industry in which hopelessness and greed create a sinister, sometimes
lethal combination.
Click here to view a video clip. - Stolen Goods
Through a complex web of robbery and reselling – via black-market buyers, shady Internet sites,
and even legitimate businesses – the traffic in purloined goods rakes in billions each year.
This CNBC program examines the world of organized stealing.Click here to view a video clip.
- Counterfeit Goods
Fake handbags, watches, shoes, perfumesthe business of counterfeit products is the largest underground
industry in the world, generating hundreds of billions of dollars for the perpetrators while sapping the
economy, putting lives in jeopardy, and funding organized crime in the process.Click here to view a video clip.
- Illegal Gambling
Although mobsters and bookies havent exactly gone away, technology has made illegal gambling more
accessible to the everyday person. This CNBC program goes inside the high-stakes world of illicit
betting, both online and off, that allows more and more people to cash inor face prison terms and
possibly worse.Click here to view a video clip.
- Deadly Prescriptions
Retail prescription drug sales topped $300 billion in 2010 alone, and criminals are doing everything they
can to get a piece of the market. This CNBC program takes a hard look at illegal enterprises that are
spreading pain and suffering – not to mention addictionacross America.Click here to view a video clip.
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