Investigative Journalist Pitfalls
10. Confronting illegal timber smugglers on the Chinese/Burmese boarder. (filming undercover with Kachin Independence Army)
9. Threats from the Mutaween (Saudi religious police) for filming a car while documenting the rise of Islamic fundamentalism.
8. Filming undercover with human traffickers in brothels along the Chinese-North Korean border.
7. Confronting slave masters in the Sahara. (Niger and Mauritania)
6. Crashing my vehicle in the Kalahari Game Preserve while reporting on the plight of the San Bushman. (Botswana)
5. Being detained by Chinese police too many times.
4. Finding out the two men I was interviewing were wanted for armed robbery of the last TV crew that tried to film them. (South Africa)
3. Stumbling upon a cocaine cartel who were pretending to breed reptiles as a cover for their drug operations. (Nicaragua)
2. Being imprisoned on charges including espionage. (Mongolia)
1. Crashing a snowmobile with an angry cameraman on the back while trying to keep up with Sami Reindeer herders. (Sweden)
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