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This new 12-part series from the producers of 
Borderforce USA follows the work of US Customs and 
Border Protection officers in Puerto Rico, Florida and 
New Jersey as they take the fight against drug cartels 
and human traffickers away from the southern land 
border to the territorial waters of the United States.
Camera crews embedded with agents from Air and 
Marine Operations, US Border Patrol and Homeland 
Security Investigations give viewers a ringside seat into 
the world of drug smuggling, human trafficking and US 
anti-terrorist operations that take place on a daily basis.
With the US territory of Puerto Rico being a central hub 
used by the Colombian cocaine lords to smuggle their 
product into the continental United States, it’s the task 
of the island’s AMO units to disrupt their operations. 
But alongside drug smugglers, human traffickers also 
operate in the Caribbean Sea, attempting to smuggle 
undocumented migrants from around the world into 
America. Not only illegal, it’s dangerous too; the boats are 
nearly always overcrowded and in a poor state of repair 
resulting in the deaths of dozens of migrants each year.
Further north, AMO teams in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 
patrol the waters of the Atlantic for the same purpose 
as their colleagues in Puerto Rico while at the Port of 
Newark in New Jersey, Customs and Border Officers 
have their hands full dealing with contraband ranging 
from illegal drugs and counterfeit tobacco to stolen 
luxury cars being smuggled into and out of the country 
in shipping containers.
GENRE
Access & Obs Docs
DURATION
12 x 60’
PRODUCER
Stampede Productions
BROADCASTER
Discovery USA
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2024
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PROGRAMMES 2026
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