Episode
60 Minutes: Confidential Informants, Bonobos
Overview
A report on young confidential informers used in the war on drugs; a visit to an orphanage in the Congo that cares for bonobos.
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 48
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 2015-12-06
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Confidential Informants, Bonobos is Episode 11 in Season 48 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2015-12-06. The runtime is 44 min.
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