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Gritty factual series revealing the work of elite police forces across the UK.Formerly titled Special Ops: Crime Squad UK, this behind-the-scenes docu-series follows the investigative work of a variety of specialist units within UK police forces created to crack the toughest of cases. From cyber heists, romance fraud and people trafficking to drugs rings and murder.The series boasts unique access to the highest-level detective techniques used to tackle crimes where ordinary policing has failed to make progress. This gritty but intelligent series reveals the workings of police operative units made up of the most elite detectives in the country.Filming with numerous task forces across the country, Special Ops: To Catch a Criminal reveals the real, lived experience of the police officers involved, through exclusive interviews, archive, CCTV and body cam footage.
Thames Valley Major Crime Unit investigate a tragic murder fuelled by jealousy, anger and pride. A tale of love gone wrong.
Street shootouts can be deadly. A gunfight in suburban Kent leaving a seriously wounded victim sparks a frenetic, highly-pressured race to hunt down the perpetrators.
An RSPCA Special Ops team investigate an international criminal puppy farming operation, while Lancashire officers prosecute an owner for animal cruelty and cropping dogs' ears.
The SFO go undercover to investigate a holiday home company offering exclusive residences in the sun-drenched Caribbean. They discover fraud worth a quarter of a billion pounds.
Counter Terrorism Policing foil an extremist Islamist terror plot, and the CPS Special Crime Unit bring those responsible for a fatal crash on the M62 to justice.
Manchester police take down a gang of teen car thieves while the Serious Fraud Office unravels a 400-million-pound global fraud in the steel industry.
The Dorset Criminal Investigation Department are called to investigate a gang who have scammed a 71-year-old pensioner out of thousands of pounds worth of savings. What they discover turns a one off scam into a major international investigation trying to apprehend a gang of organised criminals who are preying on pensioners all over the UK.
The RSPCA Special Operations Unit stumble upon a multinational illegal dog fighting ring being run by a known criminal from his home in Chigwell, Essex. The Officers kick off what turns into a mammoth investigation and with the aid of Essex police take the suspect into custody. During his arrest a mobile phone is found and becomes central to the hunt for justice.
After Wiltshire Police start to investigate the tragic death of a 71 year old woman at a retreat advocating alternative therapy, suspicion immediately falls on the self-proclaimed practitioner in charge. He considers himself a Godlike figure who can cure all ailments and disease - despite having no medical knowledge. He urges his devotees to discard Western Medicine to adopt instead an ancient Chinese therapy known as Paida Lajin, or Slapping Therapy. His victim had suffered from serious Type 1 diabetes stopped taking her meds whilst at his retreat.
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