The Great Rhino Robbery

8.5
2024

In 2011, thieves started stealing rhino horns from museums and auction houses in a bizarrely British crimewave that swept the country, and the police were at a loss as to who was responsible.

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Seasons

3 Episodes • Premiered 2024

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1. A Very British Crime Wave

A stuffed rhino head disappears from an Essex auction house, sparking a global investigation into the dark heart of poaching and a race to save the rhino from extinction.

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2. Dead or Alive

The trade explodes as demand for rhino horn increases and criminals start hunting live animals as the crimewave spirals into an existential crisis.

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3. Hunting the Hunters

Investigators are locked in a race against time to destroy the international criminal network before the rhino is hunted to extinction.

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