The landmark documentary series that captures real life drama at its most intense, following police detectives around the clock as they investigate major crimes.
Mishka Yaponchik was a Ukrainian gangster, Jewish, lived in Odessa at the beginning of the XX century, the military leader of two thousand of gangsters and the prototype of Benia Krik in The "Odessa Tales" by Soviet Jewish writer Isaak Babel. Born Moisei Vinnitsky, Yaponchik ("the Japanese") was an exceptional and eccentric character. Hailed as the next Robin Hood, he established his own code of conduct forbidding the robbing of the poor and professional classes.
'Black Work' is the story of Jo Gillespie, a woman who's husband is shot dead in the line of action, in his job as a undercover cop. Jo, a police officer herself soon has to confront issues in her marriage and family life in order to discover who really killed her husband.
A thriller about five friends who, after their graduation from the AUC, start working for Professor Selim Mansour, who is involved in illegal activities. But in the wake of a murder, everything changes.
There was a fire in the middle of the night at Kairoutei that was caused by a man. Even though Jiang Yuan Xing managed to stay alive, she was severely burned, disfigured and had a mark on her neck from being strangled and everyone suspects that her boyfriend and rich second generation Cheng Cheng was the person behind everything. The fire alarmed the police and they started to investigate everything, not only the arson but everyone in the Gao Family.
In Tokyo, a murderer leaves his signature, an `X`on the dead body. When found, the mark appears eerily similar to that of the one seen on the body of the dead wife of Detective Genji Ando. Banned from the investigation, he secretly reaches out to Jin Jinbo, an associate professor at the medical school`s genome analysis lab. Who better than a DNA expert to identify this potential serial killer?
The story of three of the children who were victims in the 2012 grooming and sex trafficking case in Rochdale, for which nine men were convicted and sentenced. The drama explores how these girls were groomed, how they were ignored by the authorities directly responsible for protecting them, and how they eventually made themselves heard.
Segawa Rio, a quick-acting detective, gets transferred to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Violent Crimes Division after she got shot during her previous case. She is made to work together with Nagumo Jun, a level-headed but eccentric psychology professor whose skills at behavioral analysis are the key to tracking down the criminals. There's also Teranishi Kei, a shy young detective who's had a crush on Segawa since their days at the academy...
What happened in the final days of Gabby Petito's life? In this gripping true-crime series, her loved ones reveal the untold story of her tragic murder.
Barrister Lucas Hellier goes to Germany to defend a British officer accused of spying and disloyalty. Within a short time, he finds himself romantically linked to the Court Officer Annika Newman and involved in a series of astonishing and bizarre intrigues.
The Informer is a British crime drama series broadcast on ITV from August 1966 to December 1967. Created by John Whitney and Geoffrey Bellman, it stars Ian Hendry as former barrister Alex Lambert, disgraced and disbarred, who has to rebuild his life. He utilises his former contacts on both sides of the law to become a paid informer. Living well from the rewards paid by insurance companies, Lambert still has to hide his activities from both his wife and others behind a new persona in the guise as a business consultant.
Two seasons were produced, totalling 21 episodes. Only two episodes are known to exist, the remainder presumably wiped.