EPISODE 1: Officer Pastillas

Spotlight reporter Dugan Arnett receives a desperate phone call from an informant who’s now in prison. He says he's afraid for his life because other inmates know he cooperated with police. This informant always knew he’d be in danger if someone from his gang found out that he wa ...  Show more

Meet New Bedford’s police chief, Paul Oliveira. He’s had a hand in both of the stories we’ve already heard. And the Spotlight Team's reporting shows there's a dark backstory behind Oliveira's rise to the top of the department. Oliveira wrote the playbook on using informants. In t ...  Show more

Operation Matrix saw a drugs gang of ten men sentenced to more than 120 years in prison for their part in a £53 million supply of cocaine into the UK. But what is the story between the headlines? It all started when Cumbria Police asked the North West Regional Organised Crime Uni ...  Show more

A local gang is trafficking underaged girls and Detective Matt is out to find the perpetrator - and to free the victims. Two keys to his investigation: An informant, herself a victim, and his ability to go undercover to infiltrate the gang. This case reveals just how far law enfo ...  Show more

Brad Hosemans was a top Bathurst cop and the town's deputy mayor. Some colleagues tipped him to rise to the top of the police force but when Janine Vaughan disappeared his life and standing began to crumble around him as rumours and gossip linked him to abduction and murder. Hose ...  Show more

A suspect remains on the run after walking out of a garda station while being questioned about directing a crime gang.The alleged crime boss managed to sneak out the door of a Kilkenny station and it is feared he has now fled the country.Niall speaks to Irish Independent crime co ...  Show more