In Slovakia, a young investigative journalist is brutally murdered. When the police files of the murder investigation are leaked to the reporter's colleagues, they uncover vast corruption reaching the highest levels of Slovak society.

In 2018, investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée are brutally murdered in their home in Slovakia. The murder triggers massive protests. The prime minister offers a reward of one million euros for information about the killers. But then the journalist's colleagues receive information from a secret source. The clues point to the prime minister himself, the mafia and widespread corruption in the upper echelons of society.—DR