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Learn more- Series Synopsis - VICE x Discovery - Money Mafia Season 03
After laying bare the inner workings of some of India's biggest and boldest financial frauds and con jobs, Money Mafia is back to uncover the deepest secrets of organised crime in Mumbai. This season unveils how the mafia makes money - smuggling, drug trafficking, extortion, and money laundering.
Episode 1 - (Extortion) Pay-Up or Else...
Extortion - a business that runs on fear, that had gripped Mumbai city for two decades, and still has a hold on the city but in a new form. In this episode we examine the rise of extortion rackets in Mumbai from the 1980s till the early 2000's and expose the current extortion nexus between businessmen, police , and the mafia. A menace that was once thought to be eradicated from the city has now been institutionalised and it is stronger than it has ever been.
Episode 2 - (Gold Smuggling) Gold Blooded
A country obsessed with gold, when faced with restrictions, finds newer and more incredulous ways to get what it wants. In this episode we trace the business of gold smuggling from the 1960s to date and give a sneak peek into the innovative strategies that people employ to smuggle in gold. We also see the repercussions of Mumbai mafia's original trade - gold smuggling routes used to smuggle in something far more deadly - RDX used in the 1993 Bomb Blasts.
Episode 3 - (Drug Trafficking) The Thugs of Drugs
In the city that never sleeps, the drug trail leads us to mafia queens, bright pharma graduates, and restless peddlers. The episode examines the sinister strategies of the drug trafficking supply chain, by exploring how the drug "Meow-Meow" became an epidemic in the city. We witness how addicts become peddlers, and in turn create more addicts, through personal testimonies of reformed addicts. The cat and mouse game between the traffickers and investigating agencies leads us to the dark web, a tool so untraceable that any ray of hope finds itself lost in the darkness.
Episode 4 - (Money Laundering) Cleaning Dirty Money
Where does the money earned through crime go?? In this episode we follow the cash trail and uncover the ways in which dirty money is cleaned in India. From the three step process that most criminals use to cleaning money, to mafia run "hawala" channels, this episode gets deep into the mechanics of money laundering. We also explore money laundering through the diamond trade, banks, UPI and cryptocurrency and delve into the macro effects on the economy and society, and the influence on Indian politics due to the thriving black economy.
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