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EARLIER IN THE DAY

So, either Freya just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time

or those guys knew she would be there

and sent her out for those pizzas with a bomb around her neck on purpose

to get her father to cough up a ransom.

The sewer runs along the canal, eh?

If we can get that water to flow into the sewer there, it'll go faster.

- How's Dad? - Not good. He's going downhill fast.

I'm happy to find a solution together with you

but it's difficult if you keep threatening to blow up those two people.

Two people? Why did you say two people?

She's escaped.

Fuck.

Hey!

So that was the police's rather unexpected press release.

The hostage takers appear to have disappeared without trace

along with some of the hostages.

Let them turn the place upside down. If we can't find the flash drive nor will they.

The evidence was in the same safe in which your money was kept. Your son...

I'm warning you, leave my son out of this.

Give me that ticket.

- Vos has found something. - I know where they are.

Those guys are at the sewage treatment plant after all.

Ivo, we've got a body.

Are you alone?

Hi.

THE DAY

Do you know if Noor escaped or whether those men took her with them?

Well, I heard them shouting at her and then they left, I think.

- Ivo, have you got a moment? - I'll be right with you.

Have you got any idea what happened to Walter?

You didn't hear or see anything?

I told you, I was there on my own. I heard stuff, some bumping around, but...

OK, that's enough for now.

NEWS 2

How come you are here already?

Not as long as forensics are busy.

OK. I'll pass it on.

- Hey, hey, hey. Are you OK, pal? - I'm fine, I'm fine. Just a bit dizzy.

- Where's Ivo? - Over there by the tower.

I don't think we're going to be able to say he didn't suffer.

And it started up all by itself?

Yes. You can turn the pumps on manually but if the water's high enough

a second pump starts automatically.

Fucking hell...

Hello. You have one new message.

Vos, this is Ivo. Call me back.

To listen again, press two. To delete...

- Ivo, you called. - We've been trying to get hold of you.

- Where are you? - At the hospital with my father.

- Is everything OK? - He's had a heart attack.

How's he doing?

Yes.

Yes, I'm sure it is.

OK.

No, they... they had already left. Only Serge is here.

I have to get on now. I'll tell you later.

Vos... Vos, I... Vos? I'll tell you later, OK?

Stay there with your father now. That's more important. OK.

- And? - Someone came down here.

- Noor probably. - Don't know. I need an item of clothing.

- They're on their way. - Who?

- The parents. - The parents? They're coming here?

They have a right to know, eh?

Yes, but I'm not sure it's a good idea they come here.

Which way did she run? Do you know?

He can smell what she touched with her hands. But shoes on asphalt...

OK. We're going to have to look for her ourselves.

Benno, come on.

OK. We're going to step it up a level,

bring in a helicopter with infrared and conduct a thorough search on the ground.

There are two possibilities. Noor escaped or the men took her with them.

Either way she is in danger. It's going to be minus 5 tonight.

Her chances are getting worse by the minute.

- Have her parents already been informed? - Yes.

The operation on the ground is being coordinated by CID and the local police.

I've asked the negotiators to take over the interviews for now.

We're going to concentrate on the hostage takers. We don't know if they've got Noor

but we do know where they went.

This van was found in some woods about 20 kilometres from here.

There were laptops in there, earpods, clothing.

Everything matches what Serge told us.

OK? Alright.

It was afterwards. It was after those technicians left.

- Just now you said before. - I know. But it was afterwards.

Because... he was negotiating and sounded panicky, so it was afterwards.

- You couldn't understand what he said. - No, the door was shut.

So how can you know he was negotiating?

Because you... you could hear it from the way they spoke to each other.

I'm not certain, eh? I mean... I think they were negotiating.

Tell me what happened again from when you were driven off with Noor and Walter.

- Again? - Again.

- Why again? - Look, sir.

The start of your story matches what Freya and Michael have told us

but after that, leaving the bank, you are our only witness.

We just want to be sure you don't forget to tell us something.

- They put us all in that small office. - Us? Who's us?

Me, Walter, Michael, those two kids and Freya.

OK. Carry on.

They put us in that office...

- Cedes? - Dad?

Hi.

- What's up? - You had a heart attack.

Only a small one, thankfully.

Oh, right. I've had one of those now too then.

Did the doctors say anything this morning after they examined you?

Oh, they're just pessimists.

Your sister mentioned a hostage situation.

And?

Did it end well?

- It's still going on. - Still going on?

- I've just come to replace the drip. - Sure, go ahead.

Hey. Go and carry on with it.

Earlier today it became clear that, apart from two victims,

no one else was present in the surrounded banks.

Now events seem to have moved

to a sewage treatment plant only a few kilometres from the bank.

Half an hour ago...

OK. No chassis number, no number plate. Nothing.

The trail goes cold in the woods.

- Ivo? - Yes?

We don't think Serge is the insider. He's in shock but his statement is consistent.

OK. Let him go then.

Get tough with the other two. Put pressure on them.

- They've been through a lot already. - Yes, but we mustn't forget Noor.

- We don't have much time. - OK.

If Noor did escape, it'd be logical for her to follow this road.

In that direction or in that.

Either way she should've reached civilisation by now, so I don't know.

Hold on a moment.

- Where is she? Where is Noor? - We don't know yet.

- Did they take her with them? - All we know is that she's not here.

- Are those... Are those hers? - Yes, they're...

- Murat? - Her clothes.

This will really help us.

We'll look that up for you and we'll let you know.

Fuck.

- You're sure? Hasn't been here a while? - No.

OK.

We won't tell the parents yet.

- Murat? - Yes.

I'd start looking from here and concentrate around this area.

And then widen it. The fields and stuff. Ask the helicopter to do the same.

OK.

Does the search still need to go ahead?

Because those people are getting friends and family to come and help.

Yes, let it go ahead. You never know.

What was the argument about, Inge?

I'm here to help you. If you've got nothing to do with it...

- I haven't got anything to do with it. - OK, but you have to be frank with me.

- I've already given a statement. - I know. I read it.

You seem to have been a big help to those men.

- A big help? - Yes, when I read this.

The hose was your idea. You wanted to turn the fuse on when the light went out.

I tried to thwart them. Rolled money up slower. Tried to contact people outside.

- That's not being a big help. - True.

But you only started being difficult when most of the money was gone. Or am I wrong?

How well do you and Freya know each other?

Freya and I came up with the plan. Together with those men.

Do you want my colleague write that down?

Sarcasm doesn't generally work when typed out.

I don't know Freya very well.

Freya is a freelance business consultant.

She comes to see you every month to talk about her finances

and you arranged it on the same day each month. Why?

Because it's more practical that way. I do it with a lot of my clients.

So you knew that every last Friday of the month

the daughter of the wealthiest man in the area would come into the bank.

Yes or no?

You weren't at work. Your phone was turned off till lunchtime.

You were at the coast for a reason we aren't allowed to know.

Somewhere we can't check because you did nothing, saw no one, for hours and hours.

I'm not saying this is what happened but...

if those men needed help from outside.

From someone who knows the bank. Who had to have a good reason not to be at work.

Then depression is easier than, for example, a broken leg or something.

Easier?

That's why I'm asking you.

Try to describe this depression...

- How does it make you feel? - To see if I'm lying or what?

- You couldn't possibly understand. - What?

You couldn't possibly understand if you haven't experienced it yourself.

It's a black beast that lives in your head.

That stops you wanting to get out of bed in the morning.

Stops you wanting to get dressed.

Stops you wanting to leave the house.

Stops you looking at people.

And causes the world around you

to be muffled.

Makes you so tired of yourself.

Police have meanwhile been joined by the Missing Persons Unit

and a helicopter and a number of teams with sniffer dogs are on the spot.

Dozens of friends and family members of the missing girl's parents have turned up

to help with a full-scale search near the canal led by the local police.

It is still unclear whether the girl did manage to escape.

We are repeating the following missing person appeal.

Police are urgently seeking any information

that may lead to the missing girl Noor Hawal.

Noor is 15 years old and has white to pale brown skin...

Can you... Can you prop me up a bit?

Of slim build with long, dark hair.

When she disappeared the girl was wearing blue jeans,

dark, leather shoes and a salmon pink jumper under a grey hoody.

Noor disappeared in the early evening in the vicinity of the Egmont canal

and there has been no trace of her since then.

The girl is probably on foot...

- Has she been missing long? - A few hours.

Urgent medical assistance. If you...

What does that mean for her chances of survival?

Please contact the CID on...

It isn't good.

Shouldn't you be there?

Cedes, shouldn't you be there?

No.

No, no, no, no, no. No.

- Was he awake when you were with him? - Yes, he was awake.

Vos, try to be gentle. She has just identified her husband.

OK, not Inge, not Michael, not Serge.

Walter?

Yeah.

Then I don't get why he made it so difficult for himself.

Even if Rolf's the only one who knows the code to the safe,

Walter could burn it open after hours. He doesn't need to take hostages.

- I'll call Arne. - OK.

Arne. It's Ivo... I'm afraid we're stuck.

What do you think?

That at least one name too many has been crossed off.

It doesn't add up.

Fine.

Let me know. Yeah.

Hold on, Ivo, I need to go. Yes, we'll speak later.

- Who let you past the tape? - Are you drunk?

We filmed you getting out of the car. You could hardly stand up, Arne.

And you threw up. Have you been drinking? Are you drunk?

Why are you so obsessed with me?

Obsessed? I just came to double-check a story before it goes on air.

- It's what journalists do. - Why can't you just let me do my job...?

Hey, I've been doing my job all day too. If I see detective on a case...

I'm ill, OK? Ill. I've got a fever. 40 degrees. Here. Feel that?

Do a report about that. A cop who's really fucking ill but carries on doing his job.

Are you drunk? What's next?

- Sorry. Sorry. I just asked. - Hey, what's next?

Are you going to say I kidnapped that child? That I robbed that bank?

- Just giving you some ideas. - If you're going to be like this...

- You haven't changed a bit. - What?

Always wanting your own way and if you don't get it, doing what you want anyway.

Did you think about Freya's family

when you showed her live on TV with a bomb around her neck?

While I'd told you not to show any images.

And it's not the first time. When that girl was thrown off the balcony

we asked everyone not to show it. One person took no notice.

The police blamed again... A colleague suffered a complete breakdown due to you.

You never think about what you do to other people, it just doesn't occur to you.

I know someone else who fits that description perfectly.

Is this still about our job?

If you're...

If you're angry I stayed with Valeria...

You twisted me around your little finger for months.

You promised me you'd tell her. I thought you were going to stay with me.

I've got a kid with Valeria. You must realise I can't just walk away for...

For nothing.

That's not what I said.

No.

Who else knew about that illicit money? Apart from Rolf and Walter.

Andrea...

I'm sorry we couldn't do anything to help Walter.

I really am. But it's not too late for Noor.

If we know where those men are maybe we can find her quicker.

He did it to help out.

My brother was in trouble with his company and I asked Walter to help him.

By not declaring part of the turnover.

Until Dirk got caught.

And Rolf?

Dirk...

had shot his mouth off at some reception or other.

A week later Rolf was at our door, asking for an alternative set of accounts too.

He said it was either that or relocate the whole of Mahltex abroad.

What was in it for you two?

Five per cent.

We were going to move somewhere far away once Walter retired.

We couldn't have children. What was there to leave behind?

There must've been someone who had to smuggle the money abroad regularly. Who?

Nils.

Rolf's son.

Andrea, did anyone else know about this?

Serge.

Serge knew about it too.

Ivo?

I'm on my way.

Where can these people start?

At the back there. I have to go somewhere urgently. Can I leave this to you?

No problem.

We're outside now. We're getting ready to go in.

Mr. and Mrs. De Coninck, police. Open the door, please.

No reaction.

Serge, Susan? Ivo De Rouck, Federal Police. Open the door.

- Ivo, movement. - Break it down.

- Police. Stay where you are. - OK, OK.

Mrs. De Coninck, Federal Police. Is your husband home?

- No. - Is that him on the phone?

No, it's my... my mother-in-law.

- Where is he then? - I don't know.

Ivo, living room is clear.

Check outside. Hand over your phone. Come with me.

- What about my little boy? - Can you get someone to come here?

My mother-in-law maybe. I'll ask her.

Annemie, could you come here, please? Yes.

- And? - He's gone.

But Andrea says he knew about that illicit money.

The good family man.

I just don't get it. No criminal record, two wages, no financial worries, a child.

- Arne, can you come with me a moment? - Sure.

IN MEMORY OF NILS VAN LANDSCHOOT DIED 28 JULY

What have you found?

A laptop. On some shelves among some garden stuff.

- It was under here. - Under here?

Yes.

What is that?

Can you take that too?

- This one? - All of them.

Murat, Vos here.

A question...

When Rolf's house was searched, were photos taken from there too?

From Nils's room? Can you check that?

Thanks.

Mr. Van Landschoot, can you come with me?

If Serge does a barbecue, does he always light it with maps of the town's sewers?

But...

that doesn't belong to Serge.

It doesn't...

Nor does that computer.

Our shed is always open, anyone could've put it there.

OK, so why has he gone then?

- Serge hasn't gone. - Where is he then?

Don't you know or don't you want to tell us?

Mr. Van Landschoot, we've let your wife go.

Subject to certain conditions, of course. But you're still here. Do you know why?

That safe contained evidence linking that illicit money to your company.

Your daughter was the victim of a gang after your money.

We know your son was an illicit money courier, arrested at Zaventem airport,

committed suicide in his cell.

Which might not have happened without the shady goings-on.

Everything I've encountered today has your name on it in capital letters.

A 15-year-old girl is missing. If there's something you know but we don't,

now is the time to spill the beans.

- Marnix? - I've started on the laptop.

I thought you'd want to see this. It's from Serge's inbox.

- OK. Call our colleagues at Zaventem. - OK.

- His description has been distributed? - I'll check. I think so.

When can I go home?

They are going through your husband's computer.

He has rented a car tomorrow morning at Madrid airport under a false name.

He can't have done.

Have there been problems in your relationship?

If someone robs a bank together with two other people,

runs off with the money, leaving his wife and kid behind, he must have a reason?

And?

I don't know. She could be good at acting but I think she knows nothing about it.

Let her go?

Maybe keep her here for a night along with Andrea and Rolf?

- If she knows nothing... - A night in the cell sometimes helps...

OK, fine. Keep them here for the night. But put a team outside their door.

- What about Freya? - She's coming into be interviewed again.

When they've finished, I'd like to let my negotiators go,

they can't do much more here.

OK. We'll take over.

- Murat? - We've found some blood.

I'm following it now.

It may take a while. It's difficult to follow it.

Ground to helicopter, can you scan where Murat and the dog are searching?

And the woods further along. Visual and infrared, please. Over.

Helicopter to ground, understood. We're on it.

- Sorry to disturb you so late. - No problem.

Take a seat.

How well did Serge and your brother know each other?

Freya?

How well did Serge and your brother know each other?

- You've got me there... - How well?

They were in the same class. Went to the same scouts group.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Did they see a lot of each other?

Now and then.

And you and Serge, how well do you know each other?

We don't. Well. Yeah...

I know him from... from back then. I sometimes saw him with Nils.

Why didn't you tell us?

I... I don't know.

Is it important?

- Yeah, yeah. - What's up?

- Serge was apparently being blackmailed. - Blackmailed?

I searched his hard disk using a number of keywords

and came across an email from six months ago. Here, see, anonymous sender.

Hello, Serge. Plans with the safe? How much do I get to keep quiet?

And a link to a sound clip where the person has edited themself out.

The problem remains the same. It's not like 20 or 30 years ago. I mean...

If someone wants to stay in the bank after normal working hours,

permission has to be requested in advance.

What are you going to wear over your head? Not that.

Why not? Because I still recognise you.

Well, not your whole face but I recognise your eyebrows and eyes.

I can see the colour of your eyes.

What do you know about your father's business?

- About my father's business? - Mahltex. Why your brother was in jail.

Nils had stolen family jewels.

Sorry, but is there... Is there something I should know? Is...

- Your brother and Serge were friends. - Yes.

One is up to his ears in your father's illicit money,

the other is at the bank where it's all kept.

And you are there too. Why didn't you tell us all that?

I don't know. I think because...

Serge and Nils have hardly seen each other since junior school so...

- Was Serge at Nils's funeral? - I don't know. I...

I don't know.

You'll have to ask Serge himself.

Your brother seemed to love to party.

You could say that, yes.

- What did your parents think? - They did know about it?

He kept it to himself for a long time.

My mother found it very hard to start with.

And your father?

He thought it was disgusting.

Your brother was going to succeed your father as CEO at Mahltex?

Yes, that was the idea.

Did that change anything?

I don't know.

OK. Thank you, Freya. That was it.

I don't think that's necessary.

I've finished here. I'm heading there now.

No, fine. I'll get in via the night entrance. Bye.

And?

We can go home. Everyone who had to be interviewed has been interviewed so...

Are we carrying on again tomorrow or...?

No idea. But I think CID will take over.

- Do they need people for the search? - You could ask.

You can do whatever you like. I'm going to see my father.

- Be strong. - Thanks.

Ibrahim?

You did well today.

Vos.

- It was your last time, wasn't it? - Yes, I think so.

Inspector De Vos. That doesn't sound right, does it?

- I'm not changing my mind, Roeland. - I know.

It won't be the same without you.

I have every confidence in you and Ibrahim.

Thank you.

Are you OK?

- I'm scared to go home. - Why?

I feel like I've let my father down by telling you all that.

The reason your father is in the cell is because of what he has done.

Decisions that he made, not that you made.

It's best that you go home, Freya.

Have a rest. Talk to your mother about it.

You are going to need each other in the days to come.

Did you come by car or... No, they came to get you, eh?

Yes.

Come on, I'll take you home. I'm going that way anyway.

No one from the police was prepared to explain

but it can clearly be seen how the officer in question couldn't keep his balance

and had to be supported by a colleague and even vomited later.

Kristian Delaruelle is still on the spot.

Kristien, I've just said there has been a lot of criticism of the police today.

But an officer arriving drunk on a case like this

really is going too far.

Kristien?

Yes, as you say, it concerns an officer on the job,

who is working while drunk on a day like today, it beggars belief.

Especially when you know it's an officer who put pressure on our team earlier today

not to broadcast certain images.

Murat.

Dead?

No. No, then... then you can tell the parents. Yes.

They should know.

Yes, I'll come there.

And?

The trail comes to a dead end right here. Just the jacket with a bullet hole.

Then those men's tyre tracks in the mud.

It stops there. The dog can't find anything else.

It's certain they're the same?

Yes. Exactly the same as those of the van in the woods. Here.

Less than three hours old, I think.

- Then those men took her. - Yes, I think so.

Depends on how you look at it.

Even if your father has done things that aren't OK,

he may mean well.

I'm not talking about his company or his business but with regard to you.

His business and me, they are the same thing to him.

But he did try to get you out of there with that money.

Yes, but did he do it for me?

For him it's about power.

I belong to him. D'you see?

Something of his is in the bank and he has to get it back.

And he will do everything to... to ensure he does.

He treats everyone...

like everything else in his world.

Everything is a transaction.

Did Nils think that too?

That it felt like a transaction?

Did Nils think that or... or was it just you?

No, both of us did.

Did your father go and see him a lot, in the months before he died?

See Nils in prison?

No.

Twice.

Once to rub his nose in it again probably.

And the second time to identify him.

- It's here. On the left. - OK.

Thank you.

Also for... Yeah...

It's been a long time since I've be able to have such a good chat with someone.

You're welcome.

NIEUWE WANDELING PRISON

Nieuwe Wandeling prison, good evening.

Good evening, this is Inspector De Vos, Federal Police. Sorry to call so late.

No problem.

It's in connection with an investigation.

I'd like his visitors list and some information about Nils Van Landschoot.

He was an inmate there until last year. He committed suicide in his cell.

Nils Van Landschoot. OK.

I'll look it up for you. May I have your email address?

Sure. It's mercedes.devos@police.be.

Mercedes? Like the car?

Yes. Like the car.

OK, I'll email you the list right away, if you could just give me your ID number.

VISITORS LIST NILS VAN LANDSCHOOT