Orphanages in Cambodia are big business. But instead of helping vulnerable children, many are doing exactly the opposite. This film focuses on foreign nationals posing as child protectors to hide their dark, criminal activity. By working alongside the NGO Action Pour Les Enfants, the production team gained undercover footage of paedophiles in action in Cambodia.
Paedophiles worldwide are hunting for children to perform sex shows on webcams and are homing in on the Philippines, where children as young as three months old are being abused for money. In this documentary, the team follows the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), an agency of the Philippine government responsible for cases that affect the nation.
In the tribal belts of India’s Northeast, a 48 year-old widow is branded a witch and brutally lynched by her own people. In another part of the region, a witch-hunt survivor, banished from her own village for over 10 years, prepares to reclaim her life lost in superstition. Witch-hunt Diaries is the story of these two women, caught in a terrifying, medieval ritual that claims over a hundred lives in India every year.
India is facing a massive crisis in its healthcare sector. There is approximately 1 registered doctor for every 1700 patients. This severe shortage of qualified doctors, an ineffective public healthcare system, lack of legal enforcement and corruption has lead to the rampant growth of quacks in the country.
In China, divorce rates have almost doubled in the last decade, with many couples splitting up due to a third party. With more married men taking up lovers and mistresses, China is seeing the rise of an unexpected industry – professional Mistress Busters who are hired by wives to save their marriage.
In Heist, we piece together the untold story of how cyber criminals stole US$81million from the Bangladesh government, transfer the money through fake bank accounts in Manila, and then make the money disappear on the gambling floors of high-end casinos in Philippines. Could a nation state be behind all this?
What does it mean to fight an impossible battle in a city full of violence, fear and uncertainty? Undercover Asia examines the Hong Kong protests through the lens of those caught in the middle: The police force, once Asia's finest, now the most hated in Hong Kong. How does the prolonged violence and harassment affect them and their families?
In the last decade, the Philippines won 9 international crowns, which triggered a surge in the number of beauty pageants and pageant hopefuls. But as more and more vie for attention in an increasingly crowded space, these pageants have become fertile hunting grounds for sexual predators. Undercover Asia strips away the glitz and glamour to expose how pageants are enabling exploitation to fester.
Counterfeiting syndicates are no longer just faking handbags and luxury items. They are now gunning for everyday products you use and consume - from health supplements to cosmetics, fever pills to hard liquor. Undercover Asia heads to Malaysia to investigate a spike in reports of these counterfeit products in the market.
For decades, thousands of vulnerable migrants have been enslaved onboard untraceable Thai fishing boats lingering far out in international waters. Governments are now cracking down on this brutal industry with new rules being put in place. But as the world's insatiable appetite for low cost seafood persists, perpetrators are finding ways to navigate the restrictions.
India leads the world in internet shutdowns. It holds the record for one of the longest digital shutdowns in a democracy. Why does the government disrupt the internet so often and who pays the price?
Dead cats and dogs washed up ashore in Hong Kong, terrorising coastal residents. How did the pets end up there? CNA’s Wei Du investigates the gripping mystery.
Malaysia's fast-growing ecommerce market for supplements is plagued by misleading claims and dubious products. What is behind this boom? And who pays the price of some of these exaggerated claims?
COVID-19 leads to a reckoning in the Philippines. The world’s top exporter of nurses is facing a shortage of nursing staff, exposing a broken system that underpays and overworks its nurses.
Mica, a mineral with reflective properties is what gives countless makeup products its iridescent shimmer. Behind the glitter is a controversial industry as mica is mined illegally in India.
An investigation into a growing trend in limb lengthening surgery in India, where certain men and women, who believe their height is ruining their lives, are having operations to grow taller.
In what is being called ‘The world’s biggest grave robbery’, more than 40 shipwrecks serving as mass graves to thousands of World War II soldiers have been illegally plundered by salvage crews.