Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller Season 3 Episode 6 Black Market Babies

In season 3 episode 6 of Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller, titled "Black Market Babies," Mariana explores the illegal world of baby trafficking. She travels to three different countries: the United States, the Philippines, and Guatemala to uncover the dark secrets of this illicit industry.

In the United States, Mariana meets a woman who is desperately looking for her biological mother. She was adopted as an infant and found out that her adoption was not legal. Mariana interviews experts in the field who explain how birth mothers are coerced into giving up their babies, and how adoption agencies have turned into profit centers.

Next, she travels to the Philippines, where she finds out about a growing industry of surrogate mothers. As Westerners seek affordable alternatives to surrogacy at home, Filipino women offer themselves as surrogates at a fraction of the cost. Mariana uncovers how the surrogates are exploited and how some babies are taken from their mothers and sold to new parents.

In Guatemala, Mariana meets with local authorities who explain how babies are being kidnapped from hospitals and sold on the black market. She talks to parents who are still searching for their stolen children, and also speaks with women who were coerced into giving up their babies for adoption - only to find out that they were sold on the black market. She learns of the dark, violent underworld of child kidnapping and human trafficking.

This thought-provoking episode explores the moral and ethical issues surrounding the buying and selling of babies. Mariana meets with families who are still searching for their missing children and talks to people on all sides of this complex issue. She sheds light on an illegal and disturbing industry and raises awareness about the need to protect vulnerable children and their rights.