- Title: Traffik: The Politician
- Date: 10th July 1989
- Summary: JACK returns to Pakistan to sign the aid agreement. Encouraged by the lawyer ROQUIA, JACK presses further, demanding specific arrests before he will sign the aid agreement. He is trying to put political pressure on the authorities to take more action against known traffickers, resulting in the destruction of a shanty town area of Karachi. Unknowingly, this brings about FAZLE's downfall, as he is set up as the fall guy by TARIQ. FAZLE is arrested and thrown in jail. JACK goes back to the North West frontier and finds himself in the middle of a personal crisis, having lost any sense of direction for the first time in his life. He smokes opium with a Pathan guide. When he returns to Karachi he refuses to sign the aid agreement, causing uproar. In Germany, HELEN travels to Pakistan to agree a deal with TARIQ BHUT, but she has to prove herself to him first.
- Description:TRAFFIK is a 6 part drama serial about the international heroin trade,set in 3 countries. The story begins with a major drugs ring being destroyed,then tellshow the route reforms again over the next six months. `
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Picture Partnership Productions Limited
- Programme Episode:Episode 5
- Transmission Date:10/07/1989
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1980s