Jim and Paul, two teenagers from Leicester, agree to smuggle drugs from Venezuela thinking it would lead to a life of riches and glamour. Their dream turns to a nightmare when they are arrested at the airport and imprisoned in one of the country's most notorious prisons

Profiling two young women from Los Angeles who agreed to smuggle cocaine, in return for an all-expenses paid holiday. However, they were caught at the airport and sentenced to 10 years in Peru's Chorrillos Prison

Profiling a Briton and his three accomplices who were persuaded to smuggle gold from Hong Kong to Nepal by gangsters. The travellers were caught by the authorities at Kathmandu airport and sentenced to four years in prison. Their hopes of release rested on the King of Nepal's birthday when he is known to pardon certain prisoners

Glen Heggstad, an American adventurer, is kidnapped by the Colombian National Liberation Army.