Release Dates
| USA | 2 June 2002 | |
| Iceland | 18 February 2003 | |
| Sweden | 4 July 2003 | |
| France | 8 January 2004 | |
| Finland | 2 October 2004 | |
| UK | 12 January 2005 | |
| Italy | 6 April 2005 | |
| Hungary | 18 May 2005 | (DVD premiere) |
| Netherlands | 29 June 2005 | (DVD premiere) |
| Hungary | 22 March 2007 | |
| Spain | 16 December 2007 | |
| Germany | 9 September 2008 |
Also Known As (AKA)
| Bulgaria (Bulgarian title) | Наркомрежа |
| Brazil | A Escuta |
| Germany (Pay-TV title) | The Wire |
| Spain | The Wire: Bajo escucha |
| Finland | Langalla |
| France | Sur écoute |
| Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title) | Dioktes tou eglimatos |
| Greece (DVD title) | Oi dioktes tou eglimatos |
| Croatia | Žica |
| Hungary | Drót |
| Italy | The Wire |
| Lithuania | Blake |
| Poland | Prawo ulicy |
| Serbia | Doušnici |
| Russia | Прослушка |
| Slovenia | Skrivna naveza |
| Vietnam | Duong Day |