Interpol Investigates - Season 1 (2004)

A boat carrying over 300 illegal Chinese immigrants runs aground in New York Harbor. People jump over-board into the icy water, trying to reach America's shore. Several die, others are taken into custody by INS officials and NYPD. The case leads investigators to the gangs of Chinatown...and on a seven-year hunt to find the leaders of the human smuggling operation, known as "snakeheads."

A small automotive repair shop explodes in the early morning hours 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.

In the mid 1980's, art theft is at an all-time high. 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.

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.

Elizabeth meets Jens at college and she wants him to kill her parents. When Elizabeth's parents are found brutally murdered, they are the prime suspects. Interpol struggles to track the couple across Europe and bring about justice.

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.