—Emmy-nominated actor Michael K. Williams ("The Wire," "Boardwalk Empire") leaves scripts behind as he takes on what Viceland calls "his most personal project to date." With "Black Market," Williams takes a look at underground economies in America and beyond. He meets people who are willing to break the law and risk everything they have just to get by. While digging into the topics, Williams discusses his own issues with addiction, crime and poverty. The black markets explored on the series include South African fishermen who rely on poaching to survive and an opioid-based cough syrup that is becoming popular in the United States.

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Season 16 of 12 Episodes

In Newark N.J., unemployment and lack of hope turns a tradition of joyriding stolen cars into an international criminal operation.
Fishermen in Hout Bay, South Africa turn to poaching to survive as a result of lack of opportunity in the post-apartheid years.
Gunrunners move weapons from American states with loose laws to states with stricter ones, in a never ending flow that law enforcement can't seem to stop.
A dangerous opioid-based cough syrup becomes a pop culture sensation across the Unites States.
An illegal gambling underworld flourishes in New York City; the largest losers are sometimes the ones running the games.
Drug addicts in the UK shoplift meat and other everyday items to sell to the impoverished.

Emmy-nominated actor Michael K. Williams ("The Wire," "Boardwalk Empire") leaves scripts behind as he takes on what Viceland calls "his most personal project to date." With "Black Market," Williams takes a look at underground economies in America and beyond. He meets people who are willing to break the law and risk everything they have just to get by. While digging into the topics, Williams discusses his own issues with addiction, crime and poverty. The black markets explored on the series include South African fishermen who rely on poaching to survive and an opioid-based cough syrup that is becoming popular in the United States.

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