"People smuggling is now more lucrative than drug smuggling. <B>Human Traffic</B> examines this phenomenon and takes a global overview of this criminal activity. There are more than five million illegal aliens residing in the USA. How did they get here? And who helped them? <B>Human Traffic</B> investigates these questions. It contains interviews from the individuals and criminal gangs that mastermind the unlawful movement of people across international borders. Investigative journalist Craig McGill also examines the people who are willing to risk their life savings, and sometimes even their lives, in order to escape poverty by moving to the West."