christof putzel takes a look. >> reporter: the sign says it all . . .r the past five years the mayor has seen his town come back from the brink of death. >> now it's growing faster than any other place in the country. >> but not everyone likes what black gold has done here. dui arrests are up 15 fold, and there has been a spike in domestic violence. how much has domestic violence increased? >> another one point i would have said tripled, but now i'm going to say quadruples. >> reporter: the mix of men and money is bringing another playing to willston. this undercoverage footage reveals the under belly of the oil boom. >> wherever you have lots of men and lots of money, you are going to find prostitution and trafficking. >> reporter: wendy says there has been massive boom in prostitution and trafficking. why are you so passionate about this work? >> i have also experienced some things in my life. i was trafficked as a young child. started running away at a very young age. and wound upturning to a friend for help who was under pimp control. she introduced

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we begin ourer isties dirty power with christof putzel. >> reporter: how would you describe what this looked like when you were first mayor, 20 years ago? >> i don't want to say dead, but i will say probably dying. >> reporter: the sign says it all . . . over the past five years williston major has seen his town come back from the brink of death. the race to exact the black golds from the parries of north dakota is evident everywhere. pumps dot nearly every farmer's field. listen carefully and you can hear liquid money filling up waiting tanks. trucks hall it in tankers to the nearest train depot, and trains hauling the crude rumble through the region all day and all night long. >> it's a great quantity and quality of oil. community. >> reporter: next year the u.s. is expected to overtake saudi arabia and become the world's top oil producer. >> we have unemployment of about a half of a percent. per capita income is some of the highest in the midwest. >> reporter: bob is a long-term north dakota farmer. you are able to lease some of your land and you are making a little bit of money, r

. >> "america tonight"'s christof putzel joins us with an in-depth look at the difficult relationshipen law enforcement and the mentally ill. >>> gam nling has been illegal in pakistan for more than 60 years, but that has not stopped a thriving back market industry. >> reporter: it's pakistan's favorite past time, and whenever there is a major cricket match, thousands take to the streets to watch on big screens or anywhere else they can. and although it's illegal, some people place bets in the hopes the national team will win. >> translator: it was really confident pakistan would do well, but it's not looking so good. >> reporter: there are runs of gambling shops and book makers across the area, and during big sporting events like this, they rake in millions of dollars in illicit proceeds. al jazeera was given rare access to these book makers. we have hidden their identities. once the match is over, they will pack up and leave, easily having made hundreds of thousands of dollars. gambling was out lawed in 1947. 30 years later the laws were revised. the penalties are a $10 fine and up

christof putzel kicks off a new series, dirty power, monday on "america tonight."g up next on our program, the world's fair. 50 years later, but it like just yesterday. the stream is uniquely interactive television. in fact, we depend on you, your ideas, your concerns. >> all these folks are making a whole lot of money. >> you are one of the voices of this show. >> i think you've offended everyone with that kathy. >> hold on, there's some room to offend people, i'm here. >> we have a right to know what's in our food and monsanto do not have the right to hide it from us. >> so join the conversation and make it your own. >> watch the stream. >> and join the conversation online @ajamstream. >> our current system has gone very far awry... >> there's huge pressure on the police to arrest and find somebody guilty >> i think the system is going to fail a lot of other people. >> you convicted the wrong person >> i find that extraordinarily disappointing... >> to keep me from going to jail, i needed to cooperate. >> the evidence was inaccurate >> they still refuse the dna >

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