In February 2018 Slovakia was shaken by the cold-blooded murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová, yet few people had any idea of the intricate nature of this terrible crime. Public pressure for an inquiry then led to the country's biggest protests since the fall of communism… This Danish documentary coproduction unravels the tentacles of the Slovak mafia and much else besides, and this from a valuable foreign perspective and with the necessary sense of detachment. The tale of oligarchs, crooked judges, egotistical businessmen, corrupt policemen and unscrupulous politicians is reminiscent of the plot from a sophisticated thriller, although the sad fact remains that the reality itself was and continues to be just as barbaric.