Original: De Ridder
De Ridder is a Flemish crime series that is broadcasted by the network één since 2013. The series is set in the court of Ghent where Helena De Ridder, played by Clara Cleymans, is a public prosecutor.
Helena De Ridder is a lawyer at Ravenakkers & Partners. When the well-known former footballer Paul Vandenbon is accused of pedophilia, Helena is put on the case. Helena throws herself into the matter, but the confrontation with the alleged victim brings her to doubt.
Helena is going to work for the public prosecutor's office. There she investigates the death of a toddler after an unfortunate fall of a staircase. Helena is immediately noticeable when, on the basis of an anonymous tip, she stops the child's funeral and so scares the parents.
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Four women are found dead in a caravan. Research shows that they have contracted CO poisoning. The women appear to be part of an Eastern European group of women who have to clean toilets along the roadside restaurants of the company Lunchline for a hunger wage. With the help of the sister of one of the murdered women, the public prosecutor tracks down the driver of the group of traffickers. There appears to be a whole tangle of businesses and intermediaries attached to human trafficking. In the end Lunchline will be taken to court and compensation will be paid to the victims.
