The Great Rhino Robbery S01E01 - A Very British Crime Wave
Summary:
Criminals start stealing rhino horns from museums in a bizarrely British crimewave and the police don't know who's behind it.
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TVMAZE INFO v1.5
Title: The Great Rhino Robbery
Premiered: 2024
IMDB Link: NA
TVMaze Link: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/72842/the
Episode Link: https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2701737/the
Genre: NA
Type: Documentary
User Rating: NA
Country: GB
Language: English
Network: Sky Documentaries
Status: Running
Premiered: 2024
Airdate: 2024-01-03
Plot: In 2011, regional museums and auction houses across Britain
are hit by a bizarre crime spree. Police are baffled because despite holding
millions of pounds worth of precious artefacts, only one item has been
targeted during each robbery: rhino horn. This pattern of crime quickly
explodes and after twelve months, a suspected ninety-one rhino horns have
been stolen from fifteen countries. And as the supply of dead rhino horn
begins to run low, live rhinos increasingly become the target.The Great
Rhino Robbery is a journey into the dark heart of animal poaching and
trafficking. At the centre of the story is rhino horn - a product made from
the same substance as human fingernails - that becomes more valuable than
gold and is touted as a miracle cure' for everything from hangovers to
cancer. With access to the criminals, the users and the investigators trying
to save a species, this crime-meets-conservation boxset unpicks the
astounding story behind why the rhino is facing extinction and tells the
remarkable tale of the race to catch the people responsible - before it's
too late
