Pimps and Undercover Cops (Full Episode) | Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller

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[@PDXDiamond]

Good on you, NatGeo, for making these full episodes available for free to spread awareness of this rampant horror.

[@Blackjack25251]

Mariana, you are an INCREDIBLE investigative journalist. Thank you for your amazing content!!!

[@sandrashevel2137]

Trafficked is one of the best shows

[@bsmlbn]

Agreed

[@GODZSICARIO]

How much do i add on ur account

[@Bruce_LeRoyy]

Is it a tv series?

[@heatherstewart9300]

Huge respect for the female officers (decoys) that risk the enormous danger to help other women. Prays for their safety.

[@PrayedForYou]

Lol they arent stopping anything... And those women have options.

[@thedarkness9115]

​@@PrayedForYou honestly lol

[@freshwater_saltine]

@@PrayedForYouthose women who are on the streets are manipulated into this life, and get threatened and killed for running away. And for the cops, they are doing this to serve their country, as any other cop would.

[@PrayedForYou]

@@freshwater_saltine Im sorry but ive been around the streets amd I can say the majority chose the easy money and the few that do have pimps still have options.

[@ThrasherGnar]

@@freshwater_saltine military members serve their country, police serve their jurisdiction.

[@bobbyoluwafemi7298]

Once I get married, my family must be the first thing in my life, have learnt a big lesson from not having time for your kids, feel so sorry for those girls that don't get enough love and attention from their parent. Marianna is a real gem, this woman is so underrated, she risk her lives talking to criminals just to expose the Truth. I love you so much maam

[@jackstickler1705]

Sad thing is it will never stop. It’s like the war on drugs. But it’s still worth trying to save the young ones.

[@ColtanContreras-m3c]

These documentary's are entertaining I can't stop watching them

[@TheSunnysdoad]

It’s really bothersome how such people don’t have any concern for other humans.

[@hint0122]

Look at any drug dealer

[@CadyCadwell]

you never been to hospital?

[@Ana-jb8du]

Sociopaths

[@thatcandian_guy3312]

Mariana did amazing on the Joe rogan podcast. That podcast Introduced me to her shows on nat geo. Love it.

[@Dog_will_hunt]

Same

[@deepstateglobalgala]

Me too))

[@eloahallamkettles5553]

she just did another on with joe a couple days ago talking about season 4 of this series

[@WSsaintpeter]

What happens at 33:50 explains exactly what happens in life.. he says its a choice… bt it’s not… its just an illusion of choice.,,. For this reason… the girl doesn’t love what she is doing… bt because she needs the money… she’ll be down for whatever 😢

[@boleytrent7588]

Mariana Van Zeller we all love you ❤. You're the best Journalist out there. Be safe and God bless you 🙏💕

[@andrewforce6516]

Exceptional reporting. Soul-crushing exposure to a world no woman deserves.

[@ritaesp69]

It would appear that pimps are disturbed criminals but those who feed the market are the “customers”. Big respect for the undercover police officers.

[@DavidWilliams-nc1ss]

Hello 👋 Rita how are you doing

[@cherrie254]

You're right, as long as the customers are in the market then this won't come to an end😢

[@rscott2247]

I feel a lot rage for the pimps that threaten the young women with extreme violence or death threats. I hope the girl build up the courage to fight back with any means possible. After watching this I can see why some males do this to survive, no prospects for a good job, broken family ties, no real education to go anywhere with their lives. Live with the live & let live or live & let die, kill or be killed code !

[@kingming869]

It is crazy the positions Mariana Van Zeller put herself in for this content.

[@TedApelt]

The best way to treat this problem is as a human trafficking issue, not a prostitution issue. Let the girls know that there is a way out for them that does not blame or punish them, but instead will give them a much better life.

[@christopherleonard9628]

You are one gifted journalist.😊

[@kellybennett9221]

I love Marianna, she is soo brave

[@paranoidhumanoid]

With all the nitty gritty that Mariana has gotten into in the name of journalism, I was expecting her to put on a wig, bright lipstick, and some heels for a real closeup of the streets. 🤣

[@YNimodo777]

Mariana you are a AMAZING journalist

[@seismixx]

i swear this lady looks like some CIA agent undercover of course people freaked out when they see her 😭 just look at the way she ask questions at 12:21 that sounds suspicious af especially the "why?"

[@BabyBytheBeach]

*I promise you the woman who said “daddy issues” is right. I’ve seen it with my own eyes. Heard an explanation from an actual pimped prostitute and it was very clearly daddy issues.* Also be careful out there, someone tried to traffic me at Denny’s 😂

[@efolinsky]

I had someone try and traffic me at a Walgreens by offering to buy me whatever I wanted at frickin Walgreens!

[@annacaballero2801]

26:20 Mariana Van Zeller just know I'm only at nat geo Cause of her interviews BEST ONE OUT THEY'RE 🇲🇽💯

[@jamaicamyles3150]

Money is not the root of all evils it's the people

[@jntj3007]

It's THE LOVE of money that is the root of all evil.

[@imo.124]

Absolutely!!

[@GreedomWorldwide]

😂

[@cherrie254]

This was so heart breaking to watch 😢😢😢 I don't want to imagine what those girls go through with this pimps😭

[@ShootingStar_JB]

Thank you MVZ, the MVP!

[@lorenmckechnie2529]

Natgeo went in wit this doc😂‼️

[@iftekhar77]

Mariana is so brave

[@teamjack69]

This is a Cruel World that needs to come to it's end................................😐

[@rbslammed6163]

Turns out it’s the cops themselves who provide the demand in Oakland (And of course every where else just hasn’t been uncovered)

[@eelihzuhbeth]

just like how they contribute to the drug issues. they dont want any of this stopped or they wouldnt have a job.

[@musicailegal]

More full episodes please!!!

[@natearmstrong8340]

It's worth spending the money and supporting if you can

[@PrisonBecky]

How can anyone think this is glamorous or exciting?

[@VieraXXII]

Ignorance is bliss.

[@BlvckHouzWyf_Inc]

This was very good, but also sad!

[@melissagodlewski]

I agree 😢

[@JimmyOliver-vu5ep]

Mariana is the best!! Nerves of steel or as she likes "big overies"!!She deserves much respect!!!!

[@CryptoMischief]

Mariana is unbelievably persistent. ❤

[@SRocco-dv8we]

‘’ 95 BLOCKS OF HOOKERS IN LA “…… one area ! Do you really think America has a “handle “ on its society ? Do you think California is a safe ? Nice ? Decent ? Place to live in………it’s not ….news flash 😮

[@ImNoOoOoOob564]

This is the best video i've seen on this topic, it needs more likes

[@srinivasan2208]

nice documentary watched fully

[@kurkspetterson3557]

Awesome history @MarianaVanzeller the best journalist

[@nightstorm9872]

The pimps should take a dose of 20 hours a day of guys doing them as punishment.

[@Str8OuttaBSPodcast]

Mariana Got No Fear!

[@maggialbiez]

Wow another very good doc :))

[@johnridley6843]

Legalize and they won’t need pimps !!

[@PDXDiamond]

Look into how well that’s working out in countries that have done so.

[@ktzep]

Legalizing it won't stop people from continuing to do it illegally. It could make them feel like they won't have consequences

[@sabihatanveer8494]

Mariana is amazing 😎

[@marciadecastro7466]

17:00 really appreciate how honest those women were. WOW Prostitution is the oldest profession in the world. My mom used to say she wanted to run her own brothel - yes - seriously, I never understood why - but she would really say this!!!

[@DavidWilliams-nc1ss]

Hello 👋 Marcia how are you doing?

[@marciadecastro7466]

@@DavidWilliams-nc1ss I'm doing alright, and you?

[@DavidWilliams-nc1ss]

I'm doing okay

[@DavidWilliams-nc1ss]

Where are you from

[@marciadecastro7466]

@@DavidWilliams-nc1ss Winnipeg, CA

[@imo.124]

Do not give them any excuses. Yes as a person of color life is harder that is absolutely a fact. However you can still do the honorable thing and get a good job or create an opportunity for yourself. There are plenty of opportunities in this world.

[@jnice6263]

Wait, she works as a non-profit...but lives in a very. WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD??????

[@GTinHisBagg]

The real pimps don’t use force to keep their women around they use the gift of gab

[@AlexandriaRose-hi6mt]

I looked up most of these hashtags ans theyre gone now. Too bad.

[@elvissboh]

Thanks guys thanks mariana for a nother good good video

[@sparrow420500]

I don't like them putting pimps and Drug traffickers in hockey masks like that. Jason Voorhees wears a mask like that as a serial killer, so don't insult him by putting pimps and traffickers in his mask!

[@johnrogers6348]

I'm pretty sure the criminals are the ones putting them on. Belive me, this chick would love a unmasked interview. So would the cops😂

[@l-b284]

and they're just now realizing that the victims trafficked aren't the ones who should go to jail? they just realized they need to go after the traffickers?

[@nicolekarmah7103]

You give her the poison and sell her the cure😭😭😭😭do these people have God in their hearts really!!!

[@agquaproductions9361]

Stop saying it's difficult to charge them. It is against the law to report trafficking as at a police station on a report, at least in Chicago. I have proof of this, that it's against the law. Americans failed us.

[@TonyFarley-gi2cv]

Think they coming after all of these people for the quality indifference

[@collo4818]

why do you guys not use tinted vehicles??

[@Wscmx3]

Yoo anybody know what song starts at 22:38? That shake n bake

[@peterpresser8151]

Dude i am searching the same fckn song. Shazaam and Snap dont show any results.

[@LukeofEarth]

Need to know!

[@Itzvalentina888]

@@LukeofEarth Heyy I’m late but it call Yup by Asa2times & Shake & Bake

[@Wscmx3]

@@Itzvalentina888ayyyeee thanks bro

[@fighterforlife5284]

Micky royal 🤴 knows how to talk and make sense perfectly

[@r.4169]

Poor girls 🙏🏽

[@jnice6263]

Sad

[@osagieanolu8376]

In canada, we moved the track online

[@knuckifubuck]

nicely done

[@SerbahadurThapa-m7l]

Marina 👍

[@Continentalmunkey88]

33:50 preamble

[@belindachavez7687]

For anybody there is hope when realizing the deepest slope

[@tesspeelz]

Sounds like my city

[@denisapopescu9415]

Just saying but...if she could have these men in front of her literally admitting and confessing to all these things why can't the police do it too

[@indigobluu]

This was a good one

[@BirdDogey1]

Black Culture. Listen to the music. It glorifies this behavior.

[@magicsam8247]

Stop being like Candace Owens lol

[@bencintron2368]

The mafia did the same thing here in nyc

[@blacksquid270]

Ratchet culture, not Black culture.

[@JulieParker-z4i]

This should be interesting

[@Continentalmunkey88]

27:58 factory-state, factories

[@mychanneltoletyouknow]

what’s up with all the cuts. feels like i’m being force fed images. slow it down if u mean it.

[@Continentalmunkey88]

16:26 sigh, population conversations

[@westcoastmex629]

A little reckless in some of the questions . Some questions are better not asked and what is obvious you simply don’t ask 😅

[@ludkamotylikova3060]

I have a question. Are those recordings real or is it all made based on real story investigation?

[@Continentalmunkey88]

25:43

[@Continentalmunkey88]

Hotels-state modifying but motels backfired

[@belindachavez7687]

There are people of all kind within dark stories looking blind

[@ritadoran5039]

Why only fans is thriving safer for females in this bizz

[@chrisblue961]

Same thing I was thinking, I don’t see how pimping or old school prostitution is still happening.

[@kennethburrell8040]

The government officials are participating with the females 😂

[@kennethburrell8040]

And the females are pure evil I'm speaking of them as I'm texting you

[@kl12345-u]

The society has certain lines/areas/geography that people from different social classes do NOT cross... Wow, such a profound thought to take away from this well done documentary. It's more visible in LA, I personally felt it when traveling/living there for 6 mths. Just a street away, I was in an affluent open community neighborhood, but the homeless & drugged up people just wouldn't (dare) to cross the street into the community. Growing up in Manhattan, it's less visible & hardly felt so, unless you enter the Upper East Side. I moved outta LA after 6 mths. Really didn't feel safe nor like it. Hollywood & pop culture paints much a nice image of the city, but the harsh contrast of the wealthy vs the poverty, the fortunes vs the misfortunes, was too much to bear for my conscious.

[@bummerflip]

Mariana so fine

[@SunnyGramz]

When it’s by choice it’s not trafficking ✌🏽

[@Renjiabarailover]

The next episode will be about Andrew Tate right?

[@ARMY_LA-MIGRA]

That's actually a good idea lol.

[@leigh3069]

Serious money. Serious habits!!

[@Continentalmunkey88]

11:13

[@Continentalmunkey88]

12:36 sigh, employers > city blocks

[@marinanjer4293]

Yep. That's uncle Snoop Dogg

[@ChristinaHarvey-q9m]

Trust me, that don’t make it sound any good

[@andrewfalconer8599]

Legalize it.

[@peterpresser8151]

Who knows the song at 22:40?

[@Itzvalentina888]

Abit late but it calls Yup by Asa2times & Shake & Bake

[@peterpresser8151]

@@Itzvalentina888 weyooo big thanks 🙏🏼🔥

[@estherrayos]

This is what they were attempting lmao 🤣 i don’t think so

[@Robinthesocialworker]

30:00 to 33:00 turned my stomach so bad... i cant believe how these men talk about women

[@tesspeelz]

I was trafficked by cops

[@smuggreycat8137]

That would be the worst 😡😭🙏

[@AkPK369]

here cyber social media kammi saying this all legal in foreign countries then why the pimps 😷 masking

[@meejinhuang]

These operations stop nothing. The trade moves elsewhere in the city. Decriminalization is the answer, not this waste of time.

[@blueskygarden]

Scary

[@VaultofDoom]

Prostitution is legal in Canada Texas etc etc.

[@justinpigg1694]

Aint no nurse have the time let alone the need to do this as a side job

[@Mr.Natural65]

There's people out there trying to make a difference? HELLO! It's not working!

[@NihilRuina]

34:42 The woman who was interviewed doesn't have their identity protected. Less than ten minutes on google and I have her real name, photo, and area that she lives in... you blurred her face for the interview but gave every other detail about her.. made it super easy to find out who she is. Whats even crazier is that Google was showing that i wasn't the first person looking *Jinney*

[@koharutiger]

liar