Stacey Dooley travels to Ukraine on Europe's far eastern edge to investigate the struggle to keep drugs out of the UK. Stacey reveals that drug cartels from South America have been using Ukraine as a transit hub to smuggle cocaine into western Europe. To uncover why cocaine shipments are taking this 2,000-mile detour, Stacey visits a new frontline in the war against international drug trafficking - the port of Odessa on Ukraine's Black Sea coast. Ukrainian officials show her the tricks traffickers use to hide drugs within cargoes - inside anything from industrial furnaces to excavated pineapples. But she soon learns from a port worker and a former drug trafficker that Ukrainian customs officials are notoriously open to bribes to get cargoes through. Stacey also discovers that, because the drugs smuggled into Ukraine are too expensive for most local drug users, some are resorting to horrific homemade substitutes. Perhaps the worst is 'crocodile', so called because it rots the flesh of users and turns it scaly. Stacey meets some young addicts as they make a batch from bleach, petrol and tablets bought at the chemist. Learning they have only months to live, Stacey is also shocked to hear that police have recently found 'crocodile' in the UK.
| Title | Stacey Dooley Investigates - Season 4 Episode 3 : Europe's Dirty Drugs Secret |
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| Alternative Titles | Stacey Dooley Investigates: My Hometown Fanatics, Stacey Dooley Investigates: The Truth about Magaluf, Stacey Dooley Investigates: Young Sex for Sale in Japan, Stacey Dooley Investigates: Canada's Lost Girls, Stacey Dooley Investigates: Mums Selling Their Kids for Sex, Stacey Dooley Investigates: Kids Selling Drugs Online, Stacey Dooley Investigates: The Billion Pound Party, Stacey Dooley Investigates: Second Chance Sex Offenders, Stacey Dooley Investigates: Russia's War on Women, Stacey Dooley Investigates: Gypsy Kids Taken From Home |
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| First Air Date | 2009-10-01 |
| Last Air Date | 2018-11-13 |
| Number of Episodes | 37 |
| Number of Seasons | 11 |
| Genres | Documentary, Crime, |
| Networks | BBC Three, |
| Casts | Stacey Dooley |
| Plot Keywords | , |
Episodes List
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Stacey Dooley Investigates Season 4 :Episode 1 Cocaine Capital of the World Cocaine Capital of the World
2013-08-12Stacey Dooley investigates current affairs issues affecting young people around the world.
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Stacey Dooley Investigates Season 4 :Episode 2 Thailand's Drug Craze Thailand's Drug Craze
2013-08-19Stacey Dooley investigates current affairs issues affecting young people around the world.
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Stacey Dooley Investigates Season 4 :Episode 3 Europe's Dirty Drugs Secret Europe's Dirty Drugs Secret
2013-08-26Stacey Dooley investigates current affairs issues affecting young people around the world.
