In the second episode of Hawala: Season 2, the investigation into Evan Whitmore's disappearance intensifies as the line between common crime and international espionage blurs.

Following the chaotic abduction in Brasília, the CIA and the Brazilian Federal Police launch a joint operation to track down the black Fiat Marea. While high-tech surveillance pinpoint a local criminal known as the "Express Kidnapper," seasoned agents suspect that a small-time crook is just a pawn in a much larger, more dangerous game.

In this episode, multiple intelligence agencies, each with their own agenda, converge on a single "safe house".

The race is on to recover the briefcase and its negotiator, but as the agents close in, they realize they aren't just looking for a kidnapper, they are walking into a trap set by professionals who leave no witnesses.

Listen to Episode 2 now and witness the moment where a simple kidnapping becomes a global crisis.

This season is based in the novel "Dark Diplomacy" available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G5JZ1D32

This podcast was produced with the support of artificial intelligence. The voices and audio production were created using ElevenLabs.

In the series premiere of Hawala: Season 2, secret diplomacy and political upheaval collide in the heart of Brazil. It is October 28, 2018, and Brasília is seething with energy as the nation erupts in celebration following a historic presidential election.

Among the ecstatic crowds and exploding fireworks, a high-stakes meeting is taking place between rival nations. Evan Whitmore, an experienced U.S. State Department negotiator, is in the city for a mission so sensitive it could prevent the world from ending. He carries a brown leather briefcase containing the keys to an unprecedented global peace agreement.

But as the city celebrates, a professional shadow falls over the mission:

• The Incident: In a blur of motion amidst the jubilant crowd, Whitmore is forced into a black Fiat Marea and vanishes into the night.

• The Investigation: Federal Police Chief Ancelmo Abreu and CIA Agent Victoria Harrington are thrust into a race against time to determine if this was a random crime or a calculated act of international sabotage.

• The Third Player: Monitoring everyone from the underground layer of Brasília's espionage web is Miriam Kesbeh, a mysterious agent with orders to ensure the mission succeeds at any cost.

Who moved against Whitmore in the frenzy of the celebration, and what happened to the documents that hold the fate of global stability?

Listen to Episode 1 now and step into the game you never knew was happening.

This season of Hawala is based on the novel “Dark Diplomacy,” available on Amazon. You can purchase your copy at this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G5JZ1D32

This podcast was produced with the support of artificial intelligence. The voices and audio production were created using ElevenLabs.

The world's most delicate secret diplomacy clashes with political chaos in Brasília.

In the second season of Hawala, we plunge into the heart of high-stakes espionage in Brazil. It is October 2018. While the nation erupts in euphoria and turmoil following a historic election , a critical covert mission is underway in the shadows between rival embassies.

Dark Diplomacy is a political espionage thriller where the chaos of a South American capital becomes the most critical arena for a geopolitical war. This second season is coming soon.

This season will be based on novel Dark Diplomacy, available in Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G5JZ1D32

This podcast is produced with AI support. All voices, music, and audio production were created using the ElevenLabs tool.

In the season finale, the truth finally surfaces. While Brazilian authorities, the PCC, and the CIA all believe Nadim is dead, a hidden plan set in motion by Miriam unfolds behind the scenes. As Nadim escapes the fate designed for him, the couple reunites and confronts the lies that shaped their past—including revelations that redefine who they are and whom they truly serve. Far from Brazil, new players emerge, new allegiances are exposed, and a much larger conspiracy comes into focus.

Episode 5 closes one story while opening the door to an even more dangerous world—one that Nadim and Miriam are only beginning to understand.

This serie is based on novel Hawala, available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4N9NRMK

This podcast was produced with the support of artificial intelligence. The voices and audio production were created using ElevenLabs.

As pressure closes in from every direction, Nadim faces escalating danger inside Catanduvas while the CIA pursues a covert plan of its own—one that places him directly in the crosshairs of a criminal faction. Meanwhile, Miriam races to uncover the truth behind the forces aligning against her husband, even as unexpected revelations begin to unravel everything she believed about her own past.

Episode 4 deepens the conspiracy, exposing the hidden players shaping Nadim’s fate and setting the stage for a turning point where survival depends on more than loyalty — it requires disappearing.

This podcast is based on novel Hawala, available on Amazon. You can buy your book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4N9NRMK

This serie was produced with the support of artificial intelligence. The voices and audio production were created using ElevenLabs.

Nadim accepts a seemingly simple job: transport a locked suitcase across the South American border. But when he lands in Foz do Iguaçu, a familiar face from his past appears in the crowd, bringing with her a sudden warning that changes everything. Within moments, Nadim is pulled into a chain of events far more dangerous than he imagined.

As multiple intelligence agencies scramble to understand what happened, Nadim finds himself caught between conflicting agendas he can’t see or control. And when he’s taken into custody, it becomes clear that the real threat isn’t the suitcase he carried… but what others believe he knows.

Episode 3 pushes Nadim deeper into a world of manipulation, suspicion, and hidden power, where trust is scarce, and every secret has a price.

This podcast is based on the novel Hawala, available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4N9NRMK

This serie was produced with the support of artificial intelligence. The voices and audio production were created using ElevenLabs.

After years lost inside the U.S. detention system, Nadim Mansour emerges in the borderlands of South America — a place where identities shift, money disappears, and trust is a currency more dangerous than cash. As he tries to rebuild a life under a new name, Nadim is pulled into the criminal web of Barakat, a powerful hawaladar with ties to the network that destroyed his family.

But Nadim isn’t the only ghost moving through the region.

Miriam, his estranged wife — and a Mossad asset — has also arrived, tracking the same network from the shadows. When their paths collide at a small airport near the triple frontier, a split-second warning sets off a chain of events neither can control.

Episode 2 dives deeper into the border’s criminal ecosystem, revealing the first cracks of a global financial storm — and the moment Nadim realizes escape may no longer be possible.

This story is based on the novel Hawala, available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4N9NRMK

This podcast was produced with the support of artificial intelligence. The voices and audio production were created using ElevenLabs.

A CIA postmortem meeting reopens the buried story of Nadim Mansour — a gifted Lebanese-American economist who rose from a New Jersey childhood to the heart of Wall Street. After his father is murdered over secret hawala connections, Nadim’s life spirals into a collision course with geopolitics, culminating in his wrongful arrest after 9/11 and his disappearance into the black sites of the U.S. detention system.

As the agency pieces together his past, they uncover two critical truths:
Nadim learned far more in Guantánamo than anyone realized… and his estranged wife, Miriam, may not be who she claimed to be.

Episode 1 sets the stage for a global financial thriller where loyalty is fragile, trust is weaponized, and the world’s oldest money network becomes the seed of a new kind of invisible war.

This podcast is based in the novel Hawala, available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4N9NRMK

All content of this podcast was produced with support of Artificial Intelligence. Voices and sound production was done by ElevenLabs.