
The Documentary Podcast
BBC World Service
A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling from the BBC. Investigating, reporting and uncovering true stories from everywhere. Award-winning journalism, unheard voices, amazing culture and global issues.
From Trump’s new world order, to protests in Turkey, to the headphone revolution, The Documentary investigates major global stories.
We delve into social media, take you into the minds of the world’s most creative people and explore personal approaches to spirituality. Every week, we also bring together people from around the globe to discuss how news stories are affecting their lives.
A new episode most days, all year round. From our BBC World Service teams at: Assignment, Heart and Soul, In the Studio, OS Conversations, The Fifth Floor and Trending.
Catégories: Culture et Société
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Observers are calling this possibly the biggest human trafficking event in modern times. Hundreds of thousands of people recruited – usually under false pretences - to work in massive facilities in the border areas of Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos, to promote fraudulent investment schemes and romance scams to unsuspecting citizens around the world. The scams, run by criminal gangs, are thought to be making tens of billions of dollars every year. Those recruited often find themselves, trapped, beaten and tortured. Ed Butler travels to Thailand’s border with Myanmar to investigate the scale of the trade, to speak to survivors and to some of those still involved, and to explore what role the ongoing civil war in Myanmar is playing in fuelling this apparently burgeoning criminal trade, beyond the reach of international law-enforcement.
This episode of The Documentary comes to you from Assignment, investigations and journeys into the heart of global events.
Épisodes précédents
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4881 - Myanmar’s Scam Centres Tue, 15 Jul 2025
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4880 - Anatomy of a scene Mon, 14 Jul 2025
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4879 - Dying for a transplant Sun, 13 Jul 2025
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4878 - The Romanians choosing life in the hills Sat, 12 Jul 2025
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4877 - Why it's good for men to talk Sat, 12 Jul 2025
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4876 - France’s new Christians Fri, 11 Jul 2025
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4875 - Ark of the dry lands Thu, 10 Jul 2025
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4874 - Bonus. World of Secrets: The Killing Call Wed, 09 Jul 2025
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4873 - Re-homing France’s immigrant workers Tue, 08 Jul 2025
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4872 - Max Kidruk: Imagining the future in a science fiction trilogy Mon, 07 Jul 2025
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4871 - Is the Taliban’s war on drugs working? Sat, 05 Jul 2025
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4870 - Undocumented migrants in the USA Sat, 05 Jul 2025
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4869 - Verses for women: Egypt’s Quran reciters Fri, 04 Jul 2025
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4868 - Diabetes in Pakistan: A nation's struggle Thu, 03 Jul 2025
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4867 - Arthur Ashe: More than a champion Wed, 02 Jul 2025
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4866 - Sri Lanka: The X-Press Pearl disaster Tue, 01 Jul 2025
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4865 - Introducing World of Secrets: The Killing Call Mon, 30 Jun 2025
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4864 - What next for Poland? Sun, 29 Jun 2025
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4863 - Who's Poland's new president? Sat, 28 Jun 2025
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4862 - Iranians living in the USA Sat, 28 Jun 2025
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4861 - Praise You: A forgotten love letter to black men Fri, 27 Jun 2025
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4860 - Inside the US trans military ban Wed, 25 Jun 2025
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4859 - Pride month special Wed, 25 Jun 2025
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4858 - One week in Gaza Tue, 24 Jun 2025
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4857 - Joachim Trier: The making of Sentimental Value Mon, 23 Jun 2025
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4856 - Ukrainian life under Russian occupation Sun, 22 Jun 2025
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4855 - Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2025 Sat, 21 Jun 2025
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4854 - Iranians and Israelis Sat, 21 Jun 2025
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4853 - Reworking a future: Buddhist revival in Mongolia Fri, 20 Jun 2025
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4852 - The copper kingdom Thu, 19 Jun 2025
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4851 - What’s Iran’s IRGC? Wed, 18 Jun 2025
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4850 - Could your colleague be a North Korean in disguise? Wed, 18 Jun 2025
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4849 - The Ketamine trail Tue, 17 Jun 2025
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4848 - Amoako Boafo: Creating space to celebrate Blackness Mon, 16 Jun 2025
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4847 - Australia's extinction crisis Sun, 15 Jun 2025
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4846 - The TV drama that shocked the Arab world Sat, 14 Jun 2025
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4845 - Female influencers Sat, 14 Jun 2025
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4844 - Pulpit to palace Fri, 13 Jun 2025
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4843 - The tyre scandal Thu, 12 Jun 2025
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4842 - No, there isn’t a ‘white genocide’ in South Africa Wed, 11 Jun 2025
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4841 - Balochistan - the women of the vanished Tue, 10 Jun 2025
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4840 - Auntie Flo: Making plants dance Mon, 09 Jun 2025
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4839 - Why does Moldova matter to Putin? Sat, 07 Jun 2025
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4838 - How life is changing in Syria Sat, 07 Jun 2025
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4837 - The future of the Alawites Fri, 06 Jun 2025
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4836 - The Global Jigsaw: Netanyahu’s media squeeze Thu, 05 Jun 2025
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4835 - Russian informers: Hunting the enemy within Wed, 04 Jun 2025
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4834 - Assignment: What future for Assad’s army? Tue, 03 Jun 2025
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4833 - In the Studio: Designing Conclave Mon, 02 Jun 2025
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4832 - The three babies mystery Sun, 01 Jun 2025