Salamander : Season 1

A professional gang break into the vaults of Jonkhere Private Bank in Brussels and target 66 safety deposit boxes, stealing only certain valuables and documents. The owners of the targeted boxes are all prominent figures from the top layer of Belgian society and determined to keep their secrets, but Inspector Paul Gerardi of the Belgian Federal Police gets wind of the robbery and wonders why the crime has not been reported.

On witnessing the assassination of Urbain and hearing of the death of his informant Strubbe, Geradi now knows his suspicions of a major unreported bank robbery are correct, but he is perturbed to realise that his house is under surveillance and that his official enquiries are being thwarted.

Flemish drama series about a police inspector that gets caught up in a case that leads to the highest levels. Being pursued by unknown forces, Paul takes shelter in the monastery where his former boss Carl Cassimon has retreated, to ask for his help. Meanwhile his wife and daughter are at breaking point from constant surveillance and mysterious silent phone calls depriving them of sleep. Paul follows one of the leads on the list given to him by Robijns before Robijns's suicide.

As Paul flees the monastery, he realises that his daughter will be targeted by the goverment agents, so hastens to her school only to find that she has already been taken. Persigal, unsure of whom to trust, meets with Jonkhere, who demands results in identifying the perpetrators of the bank raid.

Gerardi is finally persuaded by Persigal to join the elite P9 agency with instructions to discover who is behind the break-in at the Jonkhere bank. The Salamander organisation suffers a blow with the suicide of the Minister of Interior, but they are soon lining up their forces behind Senator Guy Rasenberg to stand as his successor.

Paul discovers that a member of the Royal Family has been involved in a scandal which has been hushed up by Guy Rasenberg and the Salamander organization.

Knowing that he was the intended victim of the car bomb which killed his wife, Gerardi follows the only lead he has – Karin Rasenberg who, now reconciled with her husband, prepares for his swearing in as Minister of the Interior.

Wolfs, the man behind the Jonkhere bank raid, instructs Klaus to send out envelopes of incriminating evidence to more members of Salamander, leading to resignation, disappearance and suicide, which threatens the stability of Belgium.

At an emergency meeting with the prime minister, the minister of justice is told that the palace is calling for heads to roll in the case which is paralyzing the country. He is introduced to the new personal adviser to the PM, a certain Vincent Noel, the ambitious young man who is also the protege of Raymond Jonkhere.

With the struggle getting deadlier, Salamander plays its best card as Vincent Noel becomes internal security adviser to the prime minister. Persigal knows that his time is running out but manages to pass vital information to Gerardi.

Paul accepts an invitation to dinner at the Wolfs’, and a war-time photograph on display in the living room makes him realize he is edging closer to the truth about the break-in at the Jonkhere bank. Meanwhile, Gil finds himself unable to trust his daughter’s new boyfriend, and asks Klaus to conduct a background check. Belgian crime thriller, starring Filip Peeters, Mike Verdrengh and Koen De Bouw.

Paul Gerardi finds himself in grave danger after it appears his cover has been compromised, and the exposure places the entire case in jeopardy. However, recent events leave Klaus feeling betrayed, and he takes matters into his own hands in a manner that could have catastrophic consequences. Belgian crime thriller, starring Filip Peeters, Mike Verdrengh and Koen De Bouw.