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| Interpol Investigates | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Docudrama |
| Starring | Michael Shapiro (narrator) |
| Composer | Ed Smart |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Production company | New Dominion Pictures |
| Release | |
| Original network | National Geographic |
| Original release | August 3, 2004 – February 13, 2005 |
Interpol Investigates is an American docudrama television series which aired on National Geographic Channel. The program follows Interpol as its members search for the minute clues left behind by culprits.
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Serpent" | August 3, 2004 | |
| Discover how Interpol convicted elusive fraudster Charles Sobhraj, who preyed on Western tourists traveling in Southeast Asia during the 1970s. | |||
| 2 | "Body Double" | August 10, 2004 | |
| After stealing millions from his clients and colleagues, Albert Walker flees Canada, taking his daughter with him. With the help of British police, Interpol finally track him to an English vill age. | |||
| 3 | "Tracks of a Stalker" | August 17, 2004 | |
| A murderer spreads terror through Europe as he kills women through France by train. British, French, and Portuguese police have learned the name of the killer, Sid Ahmed Rezala. | |||
| 4 | "One-Way Ticket" | August 24, 2004 | |
| A boat carrying over 300 illegal Chinese immigrants runs aground in New York Harbor. Several died while trying to swim to safety, while others are taken in custody by INS officials. This case leads the police to the gangs of Chinatown. New York Police, the INS, the Coast Guard, the Thai, and Hong Kong Police, and Interpol work together to put the criminals into custody. | |||
| 5 | "Missing Link" | September 7, 2004 | |
| Discover the social circumstances that offer safe havens to criminals & how cooperation between governments leave terrorists with fewer places to hide. | |||
| 6 | "Rising Sun" | September 14, 2004 | |
| See how Mireille Balestrazzi's relentless pursuit of art thieves led to her eventual appointment to the executive committee of Interpol itself. | |||
| 7 | "Deadly Traffic" | October 5, 2004 | |
| Track the Juarez drug cartel's ringleader, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, through Mexico and South America in a tale of violence,intimidation and corruption. | |||
| 8 | "Stealing History" | October 12, 2004 | |
| Discover how the British police, Interpol and Egyptian Antiquities Police tracked down art smuggler Jonathan Tokeley-Parry and brought him to justice. | |||
| 9 | "Fatal Compulsion" | October 26, 2004 | |
| Ira Einhorn killed his girlfriend in Philadelphia in the late 1970s and then vanished. Find out how Interpol finally tracked him to France. | |||
| 10 | "Terror in the Skies" | November 23, 2004 | |
| Follow the FBI and Interpol as they track the terrorist responsible for hijacking Egypt Air Flight 648 in 1985 after his release from a Malta prison. | |||
| 11 | "Lethal Obsession" | November 30, 2004 | |
| In 1985 Derek & Nancy are murdered in their Bedford County, Virginia home. Interpol tracks the killers across Europe & Asia to their final capture. | |||
| 12 | "Betrayed" | January 18, 2005 | |
| In 1985, DEA agents are arrested for selling drugs. Garcia escapes police and Interpol is brought in to capture the fugitive. | |||
| 13 | "Dangerous Company" | February 13, 2005 | |
| Dubbed a "modern day Bonnie and Clyde", Nova Guthrie & Craig Michael Pritchert were arrested in South Africa in 2003 after 6 luxurious years on the run from police. | |||
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