Mariana van Zeller Exposes Cartels, Smugglers, Traffickers & Billion-Dollar Scammers
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What stories does Mariana van Zeller share about her journalism?
Well, in this episode, Mariana Vanzeller, who's a really interesting Portuguese journalist, tells all sorts of great stories. She's going to be on Mayhem's Got the News, and we'll do all that right after this. Hey, it's Adam Carolla from The Adam Carolla Show. Football season is heating up. Thanksgiving weekend is coming up with the NBA and college basketball seasons. They're off to a running start. There's no better place to get in on all the action than BetOnline, your number one source for all things sports and casino. BetOnline gives you more ways to play with the latest odds. breaking news, live scores, and in-game betting, so you never miss a moment. From every NFL and college matchup to NBA and college tip-offs, excitement, man, UFC fights, and NHL futures, BetOnline keeps you locked into the action all year long.
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From Corolla One Studios in Glendale, California, this is The Adam Corolla Show. Adam's guest today, the host of Trafficked with Mariana VanCeller. Mariana VanCeller. Plus the news with Jason Mayhem Miller. And now, he's actually kind of pissed because he found out that the show isn't about traffic. Adam Carolla. Yeah, get it on. Got to get it on. And also the new podcast, The Hidden Third. Because traffic, we're not sure. Is that coming back? Or do we know? We know that it is not coming back, at least not on National Geographic. Well, you got to plug for something that doesn't exist. All right. That's the way we work. But the podcast, The Hidden Third. That's what we're here to talk about. So you're a journalist, Portuguese.
That's right.
And kind of specializing in the seedier underworld part of our society. And I'm saddened to say, and I say it probably once a month, that in 2025 that there's human trafficking going on or slavery or whatever, it's mind-numbing because this stuff feels 200 years old. And here we are with iPhone 17s and electric cars. But... Humans, trafficking, and slavery. Human trafficking, yeah. I mean, most people don't know this, but these black and gray markets, which is what I've devoted my career to getting access to and understanding and reporting on, they occupy an estimated 35% of the global economy. I mean, whether we're talking about human trafficking or drug trafficking, guns, scams, these are problems that exist all around us that have a deep impact on our lives, and yet we know very little about them.
And so both my show on National Geographic trafficked, and now this – New podcast, The Hidden Third, is a way of me to try and understand these worlds, to gain access to the people behind them and see how we can better sort of protect ourselves in a way. So you say 35% of the global economy.
It's what economists call The Hidden Third, hence the name of the podcast.
Right, which is a huge chunk of money. And I'm guessing there's more of it going on in the places we would suspect it goes on and probably less in more developed countries, although it exists everywhere, I'm sure. My guess is, you know, Scandinavia probably has less of it than Africa, but... Well, the demand comes from places like Scandinavia and America, right?
Well, yeah, the drugs.
We need the drugs and we need the women. We need all that kind of stuff. But the actual... government and the society and it's not the operators. So which is one of the biggest learnings from my work is that it is because of inequality and lack of opportunities and lack of jobs that people end up involved in lives of crime. It's usually not because they're born wanting to be criminals. And that's a big part of the work that I do and what I try to show with everyone I interview. It's not everyone, but it's the vast majority of the people I speak to.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What stories does Mariana van Zeller share about her journalism?
0:00–11:31
2
What is the significance of the 'Hidden Third' in the global economy?
11:31–20:26
3
How does inequality contribute to crime and trafficking?
20:26–26:58
4
What are the new trends in scams and human trafficking?
26:58–57:22
5
What are the most dangerous places in the world today?
57:22–58:22
6
How do cartel dynamics affect local communities?
58:22–59:18
7
What is the role of demand in the drug crisis?
59:18–1:00:23
8
Why is there a disconnect between supply and demand in drug trafficking?
1:00:23–1:49:04
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