 While Hannelore is still busy with her big case, which involves the smuggling of illegal arms to Syria, Van In and his team investigate the murder on a reporter who may have been killed because he was on to a huge scandal. Van In and Hannelore have little time to spend with each other due to their work. Guido still hasn t told Van In about his job offer as chief inspector. Mitch and Carine are in trouble for their screw-up in the Jeanne Looiers case, and thanks to Mitch putting in a good word for her, Carine is only sent on mandatory leave.