Meet the best investigators in the world.
The mob, money, murder.
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The Immortality Factor: the fight to protect athletes from abuse
Nancy Hogshead-Makar is a triple Olympic gold-medalist. She has fought the rampant sexual, physical and mental abuse that many sports people have endured.
Code of Silence: Lance Armstrong & the Biggest Doping Scandal in US History
An EXCLUSIVE interview with the chief investigator of USADA, Travis Tygart who exposed the truth behind the biggest doping scandal in US history.
EXCLUSIVE: Thugs, Mobsters, and Sports Officials
Exclusive interview with one of the investigators who exposed the criminal extortion scheme at the heart of international athletics.
Blood Sports
You will hear about the links between the mob and the highest levels of international boxing: the couple who live in hiding after revealing to the world the extent of state-sponsored doping in the Russian Olympic teams: the story of gambling addiction that led an NBA referee to link up with Gambino family connected associates to bet on his games; and many other exclusive episodes featuring investigators and fighters for sports integrity.
How to Catch a Killer
Interviews with some of the top forensic investigators in the world. All with a combination of both the practical police background - one of them was the detective that the movie and TV series Fargo was based on - and rare academic expertise. There are episodes on a successful murder investigation just before the advent of linking DNA with detective work: another former high-ranking investigator will speak about crime scene analysis and why he hates watching CSI; another colleague will speak about the new forensic technology that helped crack the Golden State Killer case.
Murder and the mob: Organized Crime From the Inside
This season presents some of the best mafia and organized crime experts in the world: Donnie Brasco, the undercover cop who infiltrated the mob: Michael Franzese, a former Capo in the Colombo Crime Family: Antonio Nicaso, the leading expert on the 'Ndrangheta, Europe's biggest drug traffickers and their money-laundering links to the Vatican: the inside story of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger and the FBI corruption that give him a ‘license to kill’.
Corruption as the Norm
Since the end of the Cold War, many multinational corporations are acting, essentially, as organized crime units. They corrupt, contaminate and criminalize vast sections of our society. Hear their effects on the financial sector, the war machine and the pharmaceutical industry.