Organised crime has a new field of activity: ecological crime. Similar to arms and drug trafficking, it has become highly lucrative to deal illicitly with Nature's most precious possessions. Black markets have evolved in the most expensive trading commodities banned by environmental legislation. The three-part series “Eco-Crimes” documents for the first time the methods used by internationally operating networks of poachers, pirates, smugglers and criminal cartels to strip Nature of her treasures and thereby threaten the basis of life on our planet. "Eco-Crimes" graphically reveals to a wide audience just why urgent action is necessary to stop all this. The films also show how committed people have taken up the battle against the eco-mafia: tenacious customs officers, courageous fisheries inspectors, determined public prosecutors and above all members of non-governmental environmental protection organisations, who risk their lives conducting undercover investigations. With their help and with the evidence of court proceedings, interrogation records and eye-witness statements each documentary traces an authentic example of ecological crime that affect us all: the trade in banned chemicals which destroy the ozone layer - illegal fishing in the oceans of the world – dealing in rare animal products. Meticulously researched, painstakingly filmed and narrated with the pace of a thriller. Episodes: Ozone Killers • The Tibet Connetion • Fishing Pirates