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We've IDed the man who killed Olatz Alzola and her family.

He's Irish.

We know Tomas didn't kill anyone.

This man did.

No links to Heaslip's clients, his business accounts, nothing.

The deal was the truth in exchange for their protection.

And everything you told us was a lie.

Dr Bennett, the investigation is still ongoing.

If he was involved in the trafficking,

he might have picked something up on one of the trips.

This clearly isn't his first stab wound. Look.

I was right. Nick Heaslip was using Tar Le.

Claire needs to go back to KYV.

So you think Pearse is transporting

something in the waste containers.

In order to be exposed, O'Neill had to have opened them.

There is no Tar Le without me.

- Niamh, what can I do? - You?

Absolutely nothing.

When Tar Le announces their partnership deal,

they'll be expanding into these sites.

Jesus Christ.

An international smuggling network disguised as a charity.

Don't start asking questions that you don't want an answer to.

The truck's due in tomorrow morning.

So, it'll arrive in Bilbao just after dawn.

What do I have to do?

There's a truck arriving at Sanihaz at dawn.

We're going to be there to meet it.

And you're coming with us.

Target is turning left.

It looks like the truck is stopping.

If the driver exits the vehicle,

you may proceed.

He's on the move.

I'm going in.

Well?

OK.

Tracking device is on the truck.

You're sure Pearse is going to be here?

We need him with the drugs.

He's always there for the handover.

He better be.

Team Alpha here. Now in position at Sanihaz.

Copy that. Team Delta standing by.

Visual on Sanihaz.

When Pearse arrives, do not approach.

Repeat, do not approach.

Wait for my order.

Lore? Any movement from Pearse?

No, nothing. He's still inside the restaurant.

Something's wrong. Pearse should be on his way now.

Look, look.

The truck has turned off the N637 towards Larrabetzu.

They changed the drop-off point.

We need to move.

We need to decontaminate the scene.

The specialist team to manage the waste?

En route from Sanihaz.

Look. The truck has stopped.

Make sure everyone turns off their lights and sirens.

We don't want to let them know we're coming.

Of course.

Listen up. Kill all the lights and sirens, OK?

Two minutes away.

Bruno, wait there.

Armed police! Get down on the ground, now!

Stop! We'll shoot!

I'll secure the drugs.

Claire.

Fuck!

OK. Could you hold this?

Are you feeling OK?

Yeah, I think so.

Yeah? No skin, eye, mucus membrane irritations?

- No. - Nausea, headaches, dizziness?

I didn't touch anything, so.

It doesn't matter with cytotoxic waste.

You could inhale it through dust particles,

especially if it's been disturbed.

I had a mask and gloves on.

You saw what happened to Mr O'Neill.

Any exposure at all can be extremely dangerous.

No nausea,

headaches or dizziness.

- Are you OK? - Yeah.

Where are we with everything?

The truck driver and the two others we arrested,

they all have previous convictions on drug crimes.

When can we talk to them?

We don't know yet.

Their exposure was greater than ours,

so they have a longer decontamination process.

What about their phones?

They're being examined,

but, so far, we've found nothing that links them to Pearse.

Look, getting those drugs off the street is great,

but if we don't have Pearse behind bars, we've failed.

He was using a charity to smuggle heroin into Spain.

And to protect that operation, he had Olatz and her family murdered.

He had Adama and Tomas tortured and killed,

and he just tried to kill Idoia in hospital.

Do I have to go on?

That all may be true, but that's not enough evidence for an arrest.

He's a flight risk.

Yes, Claire, but a judge won't accept it on its own.

Not when his business, his house, his whole life is here.

You're right.

Pearse wouldn't leave all that unless he had to.

He knew we were watching him this morning.

And he could have cancelled the operation.

But instead he went ahead with it.

- He's arrogant. - Exactly.

He thinks he's smarter than us. Which is good,

because it means he won't run if he thinks he can outwit us.

It gives us more time.

To find proof.

- Beitia. - Yes?

I have the search warrants for Sanihaz.

- OK, thanks. - No problem.

- How's Claire? - She says she feels fine,

but she had to go through a decontamination process

and be medically assessed.

Jesus.

They reckon the drugs have a street value

of over 15 million euros, so that's good.

- I take it they didn't get Pearse. - No.

But there was something Claire wanted us to discuss with you.

Go on.

It seems Pearse knew they were watching him

and changed the drop-off away from Sanihaz.

Claire believes he was tipped off in advance.

By whom?

Who knew we were still looking into Tar Le?

Why would Niamh Bennett tip him off?

I don't know, but somebody did.

So we need to interview her.

I'd like to begin by asking

if your charity has any connection with a company called KYV Transport.

Yes, they remove the waste from our camps and field hospitals.

And they take it all the way back to Bilbao?

Well, part of Tar Le's ethos

is to ensure that our environmental impact

on countries we operate in is minimal.

That means removing all wastes, medical or otherwise.

Surely there are disposal sites nearer to the camps?

KYV recommended a specialist facility in Bilbao.

They're the experts, so we took their advice on it.

Early this morning, Basque police seized

over 15 million euros worth of drugs

in a KYV truck that was ferrying waste from Tar Le facilities.

That's shocking.

But KYV are an independent contractor,

they're not part of the Tar Le organisation.

You hired them.

Well, not me personally.

And Tar Le hires hundreds of contractors.

We can't be held responsible for everything they do.

I'm sorry, I'm confused.

I would have thought drugs and drug smuggling,

as a criminal offense, wouldn't fall under the remit of CAB.

So, why is my client here?

This interview is part of an ongoing CAB investigation

into the finances of Nick Heaslip.

A former Tar Le board member.

And brother-in-law of Dr Bennett.

How exactly is Mr Heaslip connected to this KYV Transport?

And, where does my client fall into all of this?

That's what we're trying to establish.

But, establish what?

Dr Bennett willingly opened the accounts of Tar Le for your inspection.

She has told you she played no role in awarding the contract to KYV.

She has answered all of your questions about her brother-in-law, Nick Heaslip.

Who, let us not forget, took his own life whilst under investigation by your unit.

And it is beginning to feel like you've adopted

the same heavy-handed bullying approach with my client.

I want to see you all when this interview's done.

What's going on?

We have a search warrant.

No one is to leave here until our search is completed. Understood? Here.

You need to talk to Mr Fernandez.

We intend to.

Where is he?

He hasn't arrived yet.

He hasn't come in yet.

We should send a car to his house.

Mr Fernandez. What the fuck happened this morning?

- You need to calm down. - Fuck you, calm down.

The police are going to shut my business.

That's why you need to stay calm.

Have your lawyers ready and with you when they arrive.

It's too late for that. They know.

They know fuck all.

If they did, you'd have been arrested by now.

And them boys they picked up this morning?

They're not going to talk.

I can guarantee you that. - Oh, yeah?

And what about Bruno?

Don't worry about Bruno.

We're going to deal with him as soon as he's out of police custody.

I did not agree to killing people.

I'm trying to protect you here, my friend.

I can't do this anymore.

I'm sorry, Tony. This is over.

This morning, 15 million euros worth of drugs were seized.

And we take that very seriously.

And well done to the Basque police.

But that is their job.

It is not the responsibility of Dr Bennett

to monitor the activities of all her independent contractors.

The charity regulator recently examined Tar Le's entire operations.

And you have gone through all of their accounts.

And nothing irregular was found.

If CAB, with all of your resources and expertise,

couldn't find anything illegal,

how do you expect Dr Bennett to?

So.

If that's all.

No, we have a few more questions.

I'm here now, I may as well answer their questions.

OK.

We know your sister and brother-in-law

had a social relationship with Anthony Pearse.

Did you?

Yes, I've known Tony since my late teens.

He owns a restaurant near my parents' holiday villa

and he would give myself and my sister work in his bar during the summers.

He was always very nice to us.

Can you explain why the owner of KYV Transport

claims Anthony Pearse helped secure the Tar Le contract for his company?

No, that's nonsense.

Unless, maybe, erm...

Tony asked Nick to put in a word for KYV?

Did Nick Heaslip have a role in securing Tar Le contracts?

Oh, he shouldn't have, but, erm...

with all that's come out since his death, who knows what he was up to?

And when was the last time you communicated with Mr Pearse?

I can't recall exactly.

Must be at least a year.

Maybe even two.

Did Mr Pearse ever discuss KYV Transport with you?

- No. - This is just fishing.

And it's gone on long enough.

Either you demonstrate a clear evidential link between my client,

your investigation into Nick Heaslip,

and this drug seizure,

or we will be exercising our right to leave.

That went well.

See the way she tried to throw her dead brother-in-law under the bus?

Yeah, classy.

Dunlop's not going to let us have another crack at her.

Speaking of Dunlop.

He wants to see us all.

Come in.

So. How did the Dr Bennett interview go?

I think it was worthwhile.

Did it turn up anything concrete?

Not yet.

Any progress with Heaslip's missing funds?

We're still working on it.

Not yet.

But still working on it.

I'm beginning to see a running theme here.

Every link

between this investigation and the murders in Bilbao points to Nick Heaslip alone.

And he's dead.

We haven't been able to link Anthony Pearse

to this drug smuggling enterprise.

So...

We've no further reason to investigate.

If we shut this down, Tar Le will expand its enterprise

and Pearse will be free to take advantage of their new routes.

Have you anything to add?

No, sir.

Well, that's a first.

The murders and drug smuggling in Bilbao

are outside our remit.

And helping the Basque police get big wins

is not the best use of our limited resources.

But, sir...

I'm speaking.

So far, this investigation has resulted in our main suspect taking his own life

and a high-profile charity almost losing its funding.

Find the money Nick Heaslip stole, or shut it down.

And I want DS Wallace on the next flight back here.

No excuses this time.

Nothing.

OK.

Found nothing in Fernandez's office.

There's no one at his house,

his car isn't there, and he's not answering his phone.

Shit.

We need to issue an arrest warrant

in case he's trying to leave the jurisdiction.

I think he's found something.

What do we have?

It's a human head.

It's not Luka Fernandez.

No.

This looks like it's been in the water for a few days.

It could be Tomas Torres.

Why chop up the body and dump it here?

Where Bruno had to pass it every day?

It's Pearse's way of making sure he did what he was told.

What?

We found human remains.

In the pond at Sanihaz.

And we're assuming it's Tomas.

I don't know anything about that.

Will you stop fucking lying.

Stop lying.

If the remains are confirmed as Tomas,

Ertzantza will be charging you with the murder.

No. I'm not a killer.

You were the last person to be seen with Tomas.

And his remains... Look at me!

They were found at your workplace.

Which you have access to.

- Why would I want to kill Tomas? - I don't know.

Maybe we were getting too close and he was about to turn you in.

- That's crazy. - That's crazy, yeah?

Let's see what a judge decides.

I'm a victim here. I would never hurt Tomas.

Your options are: you give us Pearse.

Or they'll hold you until they can charge you with Tomas's murder.

And then we release you on bail.

And I have no doubt that Pearse

will be checking up on you the moment you're released.

I didn't kill Tomas.

I swear.

I was there when it happened.

I can show you the place.

Sorry, Niamh isn't here.

I came to see you.

What happened with Nick...

was awful.

But...

Things like that almost never happen.

We arrest people all the time.

And I've never witnessed anything like that before.

Is that supposed to make me feel better?

No.

No.

But it says to me your husband wasn't a criminal.

He may have made mistakes.

But he wasn't a criminal.

So, I asked myself what kind of pressure

must he have been under to do something like that,

who could exert that kind of pressure on him?

And I keep coming back to Pearse.

Basque police seized 15 million euros worth of drugs

in a truck that was being used to transport Tar Le medical waste.

Now, we've established clear links

between the transport company that operates those trucks

and Pearse.

The man arrested for murdering Adama Seidu in your villa

was hired as a driver by that company on Pearse's recommendation.

Look.

I know what you want me to say, but, honestly...

I've never seen Tony be anything but nice.

Three weeks after your husband met Pearse he killed himself

because of the pressure he was under.

How did Nick meet Pearse?

Was it through Niamh?

You think Niamh got him involved in all this?

I'm just checking every angle.

Like Pearse, your sister keeps cropping up everywhere we look.

She's got links to Pearse, to Nick,

and her charity was used for the drug smuggling.

And I just can't understand why someone running a high-profile charity

would have any contact with someone like Pearse.

Tony was good to Niamh.

Good how?

The thing you need to realise is...

Tar Le is Naimh's passion.

It's her life's work. She'd do anything to protect it.

What's that got to do with Pearse?

There was a period

in the early days, when Tar Le was looking rocky.

And Tony helped her out.

Yeah?

I've just spent the morning being grilled by CAB.

What were they asking about?

What do you think?

I warned you and you let a shipment come in?

No choice.

It was already on its way.

I changed the drop-off point, though.

Do they have anything linking you or me to it?

I don't think so.

My solicitor said they were desperate and just fishing.

See? Told you.

It'll be fine.

But that's the last one, Tony.

After this morning's seizure,

I'm seriously out of pocket.

That'll need making back.

Customs will be all over our trucks.

What about all this new funding you're getting?

Surely some of that could come my way.

I have to go. They're waiting for me.

We can talk about this later.

Where exactly in here is it?

Up there, in the back.

They tied him to the chair, and...

And they killed him.

OK, listen up.

I want every square inch of this place swabbed for DNA.

Let's go.

You were looking for me?

Dunlop wants you back.

That's hardly news.

He's scaling back the investigation. Wants to focus on Heaslip's finances

and nothing else.

But it's all part of the same thing.

Sean argued that.

But we're still missing the vital bits that link everything together.

I'm at the location where Tomas Torres was murdered.

And forensics are all over it.

We just need to place Pearse here.

And then we can bring him in.

Then fingers crossed they find something.

Yeah.

If you could just buy me time with Dunlop.

I'll do my best, but...

he's pretty adamant.

Thank you.

Been looking for you. I went to see Alice Heaslip.

Jesus. You didn't.

No, it's good. I think she likes me.

But I was asking her about Pearse and Niamh.

And she told me something very interesting.

She said that Tar Le would have shut down in the early days were it not for Pearse.

That things were rough and his support kept it going.

- What kind of support? - She said financial,

but wasn't sure exactly what form that took.

Well, let's find out.

By the way...

Good job.

Chief says the whole place has been sprayed with bleach.

Any DNA they find would be corrupted.

Yes.

So.

What am I looking at here?

I just went back through all the Tar Le accounts

and noticed an entity called The Foundation Succour Chad.

Now, when I initially saw this at the Tar Le offices,

I presumed it was a non-profit foundation.

But when I checked its website and dug a little deeper,

I discovered it's actually a trust.

Sorry, is that...

Sorry, you lost me.

Chad is a former French colony with a legal system rooted in French law

that doesn't recognise trusts.

This was set up by someone versed in the Anglo-Saxon law.

But that still doesn't prove it has anything to do with Pearse.

No. But it also made three separate donations of 100,000 euro to Tar Le.

Ostensively bailing the charity out when it was about to go under.

You could have just said that in the first place.

But then you'd never know the French law doesn't recognise trusts.

So, assuming these donations are coming from Pearse

under the guise of the Foundation Succour Chad,

I worked backwards and was able to trace a financial path

from the foundation to a shell company

listed...

as the beneficial owners of our bank account in Lichtenstein.

- Norah, I could kiss you. - Well, it's Liam you need to kiss.

He put me onto this.

Good job. Well done.

Now, before we get ahead of ourselves,

let's not forget that believing this is true and proving it

are two entirely different things.

I know exactly what we do now.

Norah?

When Tar Le was in trouble, Pearse bailed it out

to the tune of 300,000 euro.

That's why Niamh let Pearse use their trucks.

I would imagine.

OK.

Get Sean and Liam to bring her in.

And make it clear: she gives us Pearse or we're shutting down Tar Le

and charging her with facilitating a crime.

They're way ahead of you.

I want to know as soon as she gives us anything.

We have to get Pearse before he knows what's happening.

Will do.

The funding you're providing means an initial increase

on the amount of healthcare professionals we employ

by a factor of five.

We will immediately commence construction on new health centres and field hospitals

in the Sahel, Nigeria, the Congo, and Afghanistan

to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in those regions.

With the financial resources that you're supplying

and the drive and ambition that we at Tar Le possess...

I'm so sorry.

Could you excuse me for just one moment?

Grace?

As Niamh was saying,

with the financial resources you'll be providing us,

and the strength and ambition we have here at Tar Le...

Do you have any idea how much damage you're causing me and this charity?

We need you to come to the station.

No.

I have a presentation to finish. I can't leave now. No.

That wasn't a request.

Either come with us, or we arrest you.

I'd like to make a complaint to Chief Bureau Officer Dunlop.

And you can do that.

Right after we've interviewed you.

Your solicitor's just on her way here, so...

Why don't you take a seat

and we'll commence the interview just as soon as she arrives.

Could I get you a cup of tea or water while you're waiting?

No, thank you.

Actually, could I use the bathroom?

Sure.

But we'll need your phone.

- If you'll follow me. - Dr Bennett.

Shit.

What?

No, I want you back here. Come back now.

Pearse just left the restaurant in a rush.

He was carrying a black leather bag and made sure Lore couldn't follow.

Shit.

- They've been tipped off. - It wouldn't be the first time.

We need to find him and arrest him.

Yes, but we still don't have the evidence.

Sean will give us the evidence.

We can't wait, Jon. If we do, Pearse will be gone.

OK. OK.

People, listen up. Listen up.

We need to find and arrest Anthony Pearse.

I repeat, Anthony Pearse.

He's a dangerous man, with access to firearms, we must assume he is armed.

I want everyone on this. Let's go.

Do you remember donations of 300,000 euros

from Foundation Succour Chad?

Well, Tar Le received thousands of donations over the years.

I can't remember every single one.

You know, I would have thought this one would have stuck in your memory.

Seeing as it was over 70% of the money you brought in that year.

We've traced this foundation back to a bank account in Lichtenstein

that was formerly owned by your brother-in-law.

And we believe is now controlled by Anthony Pearse.

Sounds to me like Nick and Tony went to a lot of trouble

to hide where that money was coming from.

Obviously they didn't want me to know it was them.

It's interesting when we tell you your brother-in-law and a known criminal

are behind these huge donations, you barely blink.

Well that's probably because I don't have the luxury of being naïve.

I spend most of my life working in parts of the world

where order and society have broken down.

That's the reason we're there.

People are sick and starving and displaced,

and in order for us to operate,

yes, I sometimes have to turn a blind eye to corruption

or people stealing from us, or whatever else we have to deal with.

And to be able to do that I focus on the big picture.

Which is the thousands of lives that my charity saves every single year.

Sean's phone.

Norah, it's me. It looks like Pearse is on the move.

Any chance he could have been tipped off again by Niamh Bennett?

I'm not sure how.

She's being interviewed at the moment,

and before that she was either with Sean and Liam or in the car or...

Hang on. I'll call you back.

Now, unless you have proof

that I knew the origins of these donations...

I'd like to make that complaint to your Chief Bureau Officer.

Dr Bennett, can you confirm that phone is yours?

We'll check it for fingerprints.

And the GPS records will tell us where it's been,

so it's not going to be difficult to prove.

Yes.

It's my phone.

Would you mind unlocking it?

Somebody tell me what's going on.

We believe that Dr Bennett used this phone to communicate with Anthony Pearse.

We also believe that Dr Bennett used this phone

to warn Pearse about details of our investigation.

Can I have a moment with my client, please?

Sure.

Interview suspended at 2:51 PM.

That's right. If you need anything, call me back. Bye.

Lore's at his villa now.

Gardener says Pearse hasn't been home all day.

Airports and border control are on alert.

Pearse must've known a day would come when he'd have to run.

And would have prepared for it.

Stashed passports, money, and whatever else he'd need to take.

I've a list of properties here that are registered to him.

It has to be one of these.

OK. I think there's two or three here we should check.

- This one first. - Why?

It's near the port, and he never shuts up about his fucking coffee.

How much longer?

Passport and bags are in the van.

We just need to load these containers.

Get it done. The ferry leaves in 40 minutes.

There he is.

You go out the back. I'll follow.

Stop! Drop your weapon!

Police! Stop!

Fucking bitch!

Are you OK?

Suspect secured. Arrest in progress.

Anthony Pearse, I'm arresting you for drug trafficking,

under article 344 of the Spanish penal code.

Where is it?

You said he had a black briefcase.

You find it?

It's empty.

It's the gold certificates.

God only knows what else he's got hidden in these canisters.

I want all of these emptied and searched, and the ones outside by the van.

Of course, Claire.

My client's priority now is protecting the reputation and future of Tar Le.

What happens to Tar Le is outside of our control.

If Dr Bennett cooperates with you now,

she would like to be released from custody

so she can finalise the funding agreement for her organisation

and resign her position.

By cooperation, we would expect testimony to include details

of Anthony Pearse's use of Tar Le waste trucks to smuggle drugs.

And Dr Bennett will have to surrender her passport.

Of course.

OK, then.

Let's get started.

We recovered Heaslip's missing 27 million.

In gold certificates.

But that's just the tip of the iceberg.

We have records here of all Pearse's financial transactions

going back over 20 years.

We also stopped a migrant smuggling route.

And a major heroin route.

That's massive.

How'd you get on with Bennett?

She's given up Pearse.

I'll email you the statement.

That was easy.

She's doing it to protect Tar Le.

I think that ship has sailed.

Shame.

It did a lot of good work.

The ends don't justify the means.

True.

Well done, everyone. Great job.

Thanks.

We'll raise a glass tonight in your honour.

You better.

I have to take this.

Hello?

Speaking.

Is something wrong?

Yeah, I can do that.

Sean's going to email over Niamh Bennett's statement.

Good.

And we should be able to interview Pearse

as soon as a lawyer arrives at the hospital.

I have to head there anyway.

Is everything OK?

Yeah, it's just something to do with my exposure to the waste.

Come on. I'll drive.

Alice?

Hi, this is Dr Bennett. Please leave...

DS Wallace.

Is everything OK?

The nurse who called...

she wouldn't say.

Well, let's hope so.

But I'm going to have to do some extra tests now

because you never mentioned to us that you were pregnant.

Excuse me?

You didn't know?

No.

Probably nothing to worry about, but we'll check to be sure.

Sorry, could I have a minute?

- Yeah, sure. - Thank you.

Aidan?

Can you talk?

Yeah.

Everything OK?

Alice.