Why 60% of Florida is overrun with pythons, and how the exotic reptile trade became a $20 billion-a-year criminal enterprise. Filmmakers Eric Goode and Jeremy McBride expose the hidden world of rare animal smuggling, illegal breeding, and the obsessive collectors driving species toward extinction in their HBO series Monsters of God. Illegal wildlife trafficking represents approximately $20 billion annually and ranks third globally after guns, drugs, and human trafficking, often overlapping with all three.