Every border in Latin America is a challenge to the ones who try to break the limits of legality. With exclusive access to border points in Argentina. Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Chile, Bolivia and Peru, Stop! Border Control LATAM explores new smuggling methods and the experience with which the security authorities stop all types of illegal traffic.
This series documents the work of six Latin American countries to arrest dangerous criminal organizations, and each episode captures the most unique crimes in a shocking reality show, which focuses on people who risk everything to circumvent border controls, and in the tragic situations that arise when they are discovered by the authorities who firmly determine.
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Cuba opens its doors for the first time and allows documenting the movement of one of the most important air terminals in Central America and the Caribbean: Havana’s José Martí International Airport.
Less than 20 kilometers from the center of the city, every year more than 9 million people transit under the watchful custody of the National Police and the United Nations Aircop Group, with a team specialized in migration control that performs a vital work for the entire region, since through Cuba they try to migrate illegally from all over the world to reach the continent.
Every hour the agents face the smuggling of regulated goods, weapons, or the attempt to enter money and goods without declaring them, but undoubtedly, one of the fundamental tasks is that carried out by the narcotics division, who are trained in the work of profiling passengers, looking for particular signs and strange movements to prevent the different drug trafficking crimes.
Organized crime knows no borders, but here the security forces are ready to take control and put a stop to it.
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There is a stopover at one of the busiest terminals in the old continent, Rome’s Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport – Fiumicino. With a movement of more than 40 million passengers and 260 thousand flights, the State Police must control to thwart any criminal attempt, from drug trafficking and illegal immigration, to minor crimes such as shoplifting in its exclusive commercial area.
While the anti-drug team is in charge of detecting and arresting the envoys of criminal networks that try to enter or leave the country with illegal cargo, the Border Unit and its elite group of experts in documentary crimes work tirelessly to control migratory crises.
Organized crime knows no boundaries, but here the security forces are ready to take control and put a stop to it.
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Life in the FFN is about the characters who live on the northernmost tip of Aotearoa (New Zealand). Rugged and windswept like the landscape, the people here hold steadfast to their communities, their whānau and the simple pleasure of doing things their way. It is about finding your feet in a community. See the stories of people who are at different stages of ‘rangatiratanga’ in their community.
After becoming paralyzed while attempting a world’s first, freestyle motocross rider Bruce Cook is on a mission to help others realize their dreams the same way he did: with innovation, modifications and a lot of determination. Bruce Cook and his friends, Ashley King and Christian Bagg, prove that creativity and innovation can turn an inaccessible world into a more inclusive and exciting place of adventure and discovery.
A look at the challenges facing men and women who’ve left the religion of their birth to adopt Islam as their faith.
So You Want to be a Muslim introduces viewers to five North Americans who have left their respective faith traditions to embrace Islam. For these five – three Canadians and an American couple – the transition from one religion to another can be simultaneously enlightening and daunting. Each of the people profiled in the film takes us on a journey that, collectively, illuminates the striking diversity of the Muslim community.
Charming China journeys through four of China’s most stunning provinces – Sichuan, Shaaxi, Hubei and Hainan. Each province is unique and full of history, culture and stunning colours.
From the Terracotta Warriors, Giant Buddhas to Panda Sanctuary, we’ll see a fascinating side to China and meet some of its colourful characters as well as immerse in 100’s of years old traditions.
Bruce Cook has dedicated the past ten years to showing others what is possible, performing under spotlights and proving to himself that his accident happened for a reason. He has accomplished more than he imagined post injury, establishing a foundation that allows others the opportunity to step outside of their comfort zones.
But what about his own? As the spotlights begin to fade, and Bruce’s life falls into a rhythm, he finds himself conflicted by who he wants to be, who he thought he would be and who he really is.
This season will find Bruce on his way to accepting and coming to terms with who he really is after ten years in a wheelchair.
*Season 4 will be available September ’24
Bruce Cook and Christian Bagg have spent many years facilitating adrenaline adventures for other people with disabilities. Whether racing on top of mountains or bungee jumping off the highest bridge in British Columbia, they know no fear and no boundaries.
Just when Bruce thought his freestyle motocross career was coming to an end, he is presented with an opportunity that could change his life; for better or worse.
Christian has spent the 25 years since his injury, both dreaming of an adventure and innovating the bike to fulfill it, and it’s finally ready.
What will happen when two people whose passion lies in helping others, get an opportunity to do something remarkable for themselves?