S2 • E5 Feb 23, 2021 48m
5.2
An extremely uninvited guest in the middle of the bathing season is the prelude to a crime that leads the investigators of the WaPo Berlin into the scene of owners and smugglers of exotic animals. The water crime police are simultaneously confronted with a very elegantly dressed male corpse with a snake bite in a wrecked cargo boat and an escaped crocodile. Presumably from the same boat. Is a lockdown now also looming for Berlin's outdoor pools? With the help of the manager of the reptile house Claudia Kessler and her assistant Anna, the WaPo investigates the machinations surrounding the illegal, exotic animal market, which not least attracts militant animal rights activists. A conversation with the landlady of the victim's regular bar, Gisela, draws the investigators' attention to the best friend. Even though Karsten Steiberger emphatically emphasizes that their primary concern is important breeding, it slowly becomes clear that illegal animal smuggling is a multi-million dollar business. The investigators quickly become entangled in a network of legal and illegal species protection, the effects of which Marlene experiences on her own body. A solo criminal investigation leads to an unintentional acquaintance with free-roaming poisonous snakes and tarantulas.
