Cocaine Trade Exposed: The Invisibles

Transnational criminal Paul Le Roux has made millions as a gunner runner, diamond smuggler, and warlord. But what he wants more than anything is to follow in the footsteps of Pablo Escobar as a cocaine kingpin. Le Roux sets his sights on the lucrative market of Australia, where cocaine can be sold for astronomical profits. But as he attempts to land his first shipment, the DEA and Australian Federal Police are watching.

From the ruins of Pablo Escobar's Colombian cocaine empire, a new type of drug lord emerges. Don Berna rises from the shadows to become the most feared and dangerous narco trafficker you've never heard of - the first Invisible. With tentacles extending into every corner of Colombian society, Berna thinks he's untouchable, but a tough New York cop has him in his sights and will stop at nothing to take him down.

With cocaine demand at an all-time high, the new generation of Narcos will stop at nothing to get their product to market. From speedboats to semi-submersibles, and from private jets to commercial airliners, cocaine shipments are breaking borders in every way imaginable. This episode examines some of the most ingenious, brazen and cutting-edge smuggling attempts, and reveals the secret investigations that brought them undone.