Interpol Investigates

This is the case of Charles Sobhraj, a serial killer who preys on nave, young Westerners traveling in Southeast Asia. Known as The Serpent for his ability to elude capture, Sobhraj uses his sophisticated charm to lure victims to their deaths. It will take the persistence of a Dutch diplomat to crack the case. Cooperation between law enforcement officers is the only strategy that can finally corner this notorious con man and bring him to justice.

The Albert Walker case: after stealing millions from his trusting clients and colleagues, Walker flees Canada, taking his teen-aged daughter with him. It takes Interpol, British and Canadian police years to unravel a series of intricate crimes that ultimately leads to murder in a small seaside English village. Offshore banking, international money laundering and stolen identities are explored in this intriguing story set in the cultural geography of North America, Switzerland, and Great Britain.

This is the case of Sid Ahmed Rezala, known as the Killer of the Trains. A murderer spreads terror throughout Europe, as he randomly begins killing women on the trains in France. British, French and Portuguese police work with Interpol to find the Algerian killer, who uses his keen knowledge of train travel to elude authorities.

A boat carrying over 300 illegal Chinese immigrants runs aground in New York Harbor. Several die, others are taken into custody by INS officials and NYPD. The case leads investigators to the gangs of Chinatownand on a seven-year hunt to find the leaders of the human smuggling operation, known as snakeheads. New York City Police, the INS, the Coast Guard, the Thai and Hong Kong police, and Interpol all work together to bring the smugglers to justice.

A repair shop explodes in the early morning in Managua, Nicaragua, killing two people and shattering a peaceful neighborhood. Under the shop's rubble, police discover a bunker filled with weapons, names of terrorist organizations and files on potential kidnap victims including Latin America's wealthiest and influential family. Six terrorists, are tried in absentia and found guilty in Nicaragua. Eusebio Arzalluz is still being sought by Interpol but is believed to have taken refuge in Cuba.

Mireille Ballestrazzi is in charge of the Art Theft Squad of the French National Police. Her efforts to track down thieves who took five paintings by Jean Baptiste Camille Carot lead her into collaboration with Interpol. When one of the most famous paintings in the Musee Marmottan in Paris, a Monet called Impression, Soleil Levant is stolen at gun-point a year later, Mirelle Ballestrazzi and Interpol follow the criminals to Japan and uncover one of the world's largest art theft rings.

Juan Miguel Ponce Edmonson, head of Interpol in Mexico, tracked famous drug dealer Amado Carrillo Fuentes thru Mexico and Chile. Fuentes was known as Lord of the Skies and his Juarez Drug Cartel was the most powerful in Mexico in the 1990's. He took over the Cartel at his own wedding when he killed his uncle's cousin, who was then the leader.

In 1991, an antiquities smuggler comes across a rare find in an ancient tomb outside of Cairo. Using his restoration skills he smuggles the piece out of Egypt into London, England. There, he and New York art dealer conspire to sell the piece as part of a fake art collection. They succeed, and thus begins a series of smugglings.

Ira Einhorn, a renowned New Age guru, killed his girlfriend in Philadelphia in the late 1970's and then vanished. Interpol tracked him to Ireland, England, Stockholm and France by Interpol until he was caught in 1997.

It's Thanksgiving weekend, November 23, 1985, and Athens Airport is packed. Despite the crowds, security is incredibly lax. A group of passengers have one thing in common; they are about to board Egypt Air Flight 648 destined to be hijacked by one of the most dangerous terrorist groups Egypt's Revolution.

DEA agent Darnell Garcia conducted one of the biggest drug seizures in history. But, Garcia stole some the drugs and fled the county. Several months later, Interpol captures DEA Agent turned drug lord and brings him to justice.

Craig Pritchert and Nova Guthrieare are accused of robbing banks all across America. They flee to South Africa and it takes Interpol and several countries working together to capture these elusive criminals.