From 2007 to 2009, nearly 10,000 people in Mexico died in drug-related violence. Who or what caused this? Some argue that it is Americans' insatiable demand for illicit drugs and the constant flow of guns from the United States, which arms the drug cartels. Others blame Mexico's own government, which, they claim, is so corrupt that it cannot clamp down on the cartels. Unable to ignore the rising violence spilling over the border, Congress approved...

The size and industrial scale of the new Asian drug supply is staggering. Intercepts of the methamphetamine Ice or the ingredients necessary for its manufacture measure in tons. Authorities are only managing to uncover a fraction of the trade that begins in Myanmar, enters China, and flows on to Australia. Foreign Correspondent concludes its investigation of The Other China Boom by tracing its trail to Australia's front door.

Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'el Chapo' Guzman is almost certainly the wealthiest and most powerful criminal in history. Attempts by the Mexican government to curtail the power of his Sinaloa Cartel and its rivals have led to a war that has killed more than 70,000 Mexicans. This film picks up where BBC's acclaimed 2009 program "Mexico's Drug Wars" (FMG # 43352) left off. It lifts the lid on an extraordinary story of collusion, double-dealing and incompetence...