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Global investigations from the BBC. Uncovering gripping stories from around the world and telling them episode by episode. Delve into a World of Secrets. 

Latest season: 

Somewhere in America, a twelve year old girl is being abused in her own home - photographs of it are being shared to a vast community of child abusers on the ‘dark web’ — an encrypted corner of the internet where users are untraceable. But, hidden amongst them, are two men whose job it is to try and find her: US Special Agents Greg Squire and Pete Manning. For over seven years, BBC Eye journalist Sam Piranty has been granted rare access to follow their work - observing the extraordinary lengths they will go to hunt down offenders and rescue children. Every detail matters, and every decision has consequences. They will not look away. The race is on. 

Also, previously on World of Secrets: 

The Child Cancer Scam: Millions of dollars are donated to help kids with cancer but families never see the money. 

Death in Dubai: A woman falls from a tower block and her name starts trending. But behind the online rumours lies an even darker reality. 

And the Abercrombie Guys: Investigating sexual exploitation claims against the former CEO of fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch.

World of Secrets

After they rescue Lucy, Greg and Pete discover the dark web community is even bigger than they thought. There are hundreds of websites each sharing different images of different kinds of child sexual abuse. Overwhelmed by what they have found online and the sheer scale of the problem, Greg makes a decision to go undercover. He will go online on the dark web and talk to the paedophiles directly. They have to do everything they can to try to stop the abusers. 

This podcast includes some upsetting scenes and discussions of child sexual abuse. 

For further information on the issues raised in the programme, contact support organisations in your own country. For a list of organisations in the UK that can provide support go to bbc.co.uk/actionline.

Reporter and Presenter: Sam Piranty 
Writer and Producer: Annabel Deas 
Script advice: Matt Willis 
Sound design: Neil Churchill 
Composer: Rob Lewis 
Executive Producer: Rebecca Henschke 
Commissioning Senior Producer: Sarah Green 
Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel

The Darkest Web: 4. Undercover

US Special Agents Greg and Pete are desperate. Somewhere in America a twelve year old girl, who they have called Lucy, is being sexually abused. Her abuser has been sharing images of his abuse for six years on the dark web. They have to find her - and save her. 

They were convinced that Facebook would be able to help them using its facial recognition technology, but the tech giant is unable to help. So they go back to the start, examining every single thing they can see in the room she is being abused in: the sofa, the bed and then finally they wonder what they might discover if they look at the room itself, specifically the exposed brick wall. Is there any way someone could identify these bricks? And could that person help them to find Lucy? 

Season 11 of World of Secrets, The Darkest Web, is a BBC Eye investigation for the BBC World Service. 

This podcast includes some upsetting scenes, discussions of child sexual abuse, and there’s some strong language. 

For further information on the issues raised in the programme, contact support organisations in your own country. For a list of organisations in the UK that can provide support go to bbc.co.uk/actionline.

Reporter and Presenter: Sam Piranty 
Writer and Producer: Annabel Deas 
Script advice: Matt Willis 
Sound design: Neil Churchill 
Composer: Rob Lewis 
Executive Producer: Rebecca Henschke 
Commissioning Senior Producer: Sarah Green 
Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel

The Darkest Web: 3. The hidden child

US Special Agents Greg and Pete are desperate. Somewhere in America a twelve year old girl, who they have called Lucy, is being sexually abused. Her abuser has been sharing images of his abuse for six years on the dark web. They have to find her - and save her. 

They were convinced that Facebook would be able to help them using its facial recognition technology, but the tech giant is unable to help. So they go back to the start , examining every single thing they can see in the room she is being abused in: the sofa, the bed and then finally they wonder what they might discover if they look at the room itself, specifically the exposed brick wall. Is there any way someone could identify these bricks? And could that person help them to find Lucy? 

Season 11 of World of Secrets, The Darkest Web, is a BBC Eye investigation for the BBC World Service. 

This podcast includes some upsetting scenes, discussions of child sexual abuse, and there’s some strong language. 

For further information on the issues raised in the programme, contact support organisations in your own country. For a list of organisations in the UK that can provide support go to bbc.co.uk/actionline

Reporter and Presenter: Sam Piranty 
Writer and Producer: Annabel Deas 
Script advice: Matt Willis 
Sound design: Neil Churchill 
Composer: Rob Lewis 
Executive Producer: Rebecca Henschke 
Commissioning Senior Producer: Sarah Green 
Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel

The Darkest Web: 2. Man with the amazing memory

US Special Agents Greg Squire and Pete Manning work together to track down people who sexually abuse children and share images of their abuse online. They thought they knew what they were dealing with but they’ve just discovered they have no idea. In a prison in Amsterdam they meet a prolific paedophile, Robert Micklesons, who reveals to them the vast online world created by paedophiles to share images and video of child sexual abuse. 
 
When they get back to the US they get an urgent call. A police officer in Denmark has found images of a girl in America who appears to have been sexually abused for six years. But no one has any idea where she is. Their job is to find her. But how will they do it? 

Season 11 of World of Secrets, The Darkest Web, is a BBC Eye investigation for the BBC World Service. 

This podcast includes some upsetting scenes, discussions of child sexual abuse, and there’s some strong language. 

For further information on the issues raised in the programme, contact support organisations in your own country. For a list of organisations in the UK that can provide support go to bbc.co.uk/actionline.

Reporter and Presenter: Sam Piranty 
Writer and Producer: Annabel Deas 
Script advice: Matt Willis 
Sound design: Neil Churchill 
Composer: Rob Lewis 
Executive Producer: Rebecca Henschke 
Commissioning Senior Producer: Sarah Green 
Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel

The Darkest Web: 1. Meeting a monster

Somewhere in America, a twelve year old girl is being abused in her own home. Her abuser is sharing photographs of her with a vast community of child abusers on the ‘dark web’ — an encrypted corner of the internet where users are untraceable. But, hidden amongst the paedophiles, are two men whose job it is to try and find her: US Special Agents Greg Squire and Pete Manning. For more than seven years, BBC Eye journalist Sam Piranty was granted rare access to follow their work, observing the extraordinary lengths they will go to hunt down offenders and rescue children. Every detail matters, and every decision has consequences. They will not look away. The race is on. 

Season 11 of World of Secrets, The Darkest Web, is a BBC Eye investigation for the BBC World Service.

The Darkest Web: Trailer

After never receiving the money raised in their children’s name, mothers are finally confronting the scammers and demanding answers. 

Now is the time to ask why. Where is the money? 

Season 10 of World of Secrets, The Child Cancer Scam, is a BBC Eye investigation for the BBC World Service. 

Please note, the image is being used for illustrative purposes only and the child depicted is a model. 

World of Secrets will be back with gripping new investigations in 2026.

Reporter and Presenter: Simi Jolaoso 
Additional reporting: Jack Goodman and Ned Davies 
Writer and Producer: Neil McCarthy and Rob Wilson 
Sound design: Andy Fell 
Executive Producer: Rebecca Henschke 
Commissioning Senior Producer: Sarah Green 
Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel

The Child Cancer Scam: 6. The calls

The investigation into why millions of dollars promised to families with sick children never reaches them moves to Israel. There we find misleading addresses and more questions than answers. Who is making these online campaigns which claim to help desperate parents? New ones keep appearing, but the story’s the same. 

Season 10 of World of Secrets, The Child Cancer Scam, is a BBC Eye investigation for the BBC World Service. 

Please note, the image is being used for illustrative purposes only and the child depicted is a model.

Reporter and Presenter: Simi Jolaoso 
Additional reporting: Jack Goodman and Ned Davies 
Writer and Producer: Neil McCarthy and Rob Wilson 
Sound design: Andy Fell 
Executive Producer: Rebecca Henschke 
Commissioning Senior Producer: Sarah Green 
Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel

The Child Cancer Scam: 5. The agency

A mother from Ukraine signs a contract, hoping that it will help her young daughter. Viktoriia has a brain tumour: her story is plastered all over social media despite her family’s request that the video they made isn’t shared. 

Olena says she wasn’t given time to read the contract properly. When we look more closely, it makes for shocking reading. Now she knows the truth, she wants to stop the scammers, agreeing to help us go undercover. 

Season 10 of World of Secrets, The Child Cancer Scam, is a BBC Eye investigation for the BBC World Service. 

Please note, the image is being used for illustrative purposes only and the child depicted is a model.

Reporter and Presenter: Simi Jolaoso 
Additional reporting: Jack Goodman and Ned Davies 
Writer and Producer: Neil McCarthy and Rob Wilson 
Sound design: Andy Fell 
Executive Producer: Rebecca Henschke 
Commissioning Senior Producer: Sarah Green 
Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel

The Child Cancer Scam: 4. The contract

A woman called Isabel pushes a little girl to send videos from her hospital bed. It’s part of a recruitment drive for sick children in Colombia to take part in campaigns. What does she know about the hundreds of thousands of dollars that appear to have been raised? It’s money the family never saw. Who was she working for, and what can she tell us about this scam? 

Season 10 of World of Secrets, The Child Cancer Scam, is a BBC Eye investigation for the BBC World Service. 

Please note, the image is being used for illustrative purposes only and the child depicted is a model.

Reporter and Presenter: Simi Jolaoso 
Additional reporting: Jack Goodman and Ned Davies 
Writer and Producer: Neil McCarthy and Rob Wilson 
Sound design: Andy Fell 
Executive Producer: Rebecca Henschke 
Commissioning Senior Producer: Sarah Green 
Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel

The Child Cancer Scam: 3. The recruiters

As videos of other sick children pleading for money are found online, we find out more about the man behind the camera. And it becomes clear that there’s a complex network of organisations registered in Israel, the United States and Canada, exploiting families who just need help. 

Season 10 of World of Secrets, The Child Cancer Scam, is a BBC Eye investigation for the BBC World Service. 

Please note, the image is being used for illustrative purposes only and the child depicted is a model.

Reporter and Presenter: Simi Jolaoso 
Additional reporting: Jack Goodman and Ned Davies 
Writer and Producer: Neil McCarthy and Rob Wilson 
Sound design: Andy Fell 
Executive Producer: Rebecca Henschke 
Commissioning Senior Producer: Sarah Green 
Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel

The Child Cancer Scam: 2. The director

Security cameras were everywhere - in Harrods and in a luxury apartment used by staff. There’s an atmosphere of paranoia. Vanity Fair magazine was investigating the rumours swirling around Mohamed Al Fayed. Would the truth about him be exposed, even as potential witnesses say they were intimidated? 

This season of World of Secrets is about sexual abuse, and includes descriptions which some listeners might find distressing. For a list of organisations in the UK that can provide support for survivors of sexual abuse, go to bbc.co.uk/actionline.

Season 4 of World of Secrets, Al Fayed, Predator at Harrods, is a Long Form Audio production for the BBC World Service. 

Presenters: Shaimaa Khalil and Cassie Cornish-Trestrail 
Producer: Sally Abrahams 
Senior Producer: Neal Razzell 
Series Editor: Matt Willis 
Sound design: Neil Churchill and Nigel Appleton 
Special thanks to Series Consultant Keaton Stone, Director Erica Gornall, and Executive Producer Mike Radford 
Commissioning Senior Producer: Anne Dixey 
Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel

Al Fayed, Predator at Harrods: 4. Surveillance state

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