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Intrigue

To Catch a Scorpion

To Catch a Scorpion: 3. Satisfaction Guaranteed

Duration: 33 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

It's already late when the BBC team get a tip off that Scorpion's network of complicit lorry drivers might be operating from a new pick-up point. They stay hidden as events unfold. Show more

Intrigue

To Catch a Scorpion

To Catch a Scorpion – 4. Dangerous Meddling

Duration: 36 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

The job of policing smuggling gangs is obstructed by a network of well-wishers who want to help refugees and sometimes end up helping the gangs - has this happened with Scorpion? Show more

Intrigue

To Catch a Scorpion

To Catch a Scorpion – 6. In Our Grasp

Duration: 33 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Word comes that Scorpion has been spotted in Turkey and new leads take the team into the heart of the smuggling network, with dramatic developments as they stake out an address. Show more

Intrigue

To Catch a Scorpion

To Catch a Scorpion – 1. Dangerous Journeys

Duration: 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Two seasoned investigators go on a search for one of Europe's most wanted men: a people smuggler on the run, whose codename is Scorpion. He has transported thousands of migrants. Show more

Intrigue

To Catch a Scorpion

To Catch a Scorpion – 2. Trading in People

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

In this episode we hear transcripts of police surveillance tapes broadcast for the first time as officers eavesdrop on calls between members of the Scorpion people smuggling gang. Show more

Intrigue

To Catch a Scorpion

To Catch a Scorpion – 5. A Scorpion's Nest

Duration: 38 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

The search takes us deep into Scorpion's gang and the men arrested and imprisoned for people smuggling and then things take an unexpected turn as we find and confront his brother. Show more

Intrigue

To Catch a Scorpion

To Catch a Scorpion: 8. The Final Sting

Duration: 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Scorpion has been spotted in Iraq and Sue and Rob head straight there - hoping to find his hiding place and lure him out. Will they finally be able to confront him with his crimes? Show more

Intrigue

To Catch a Scorpion

To Catch a Scorpion: 7. Buried Deep

Duration: 38 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Sue and Rob uncover new evidence linking Scorpion to deaths at sea. They track him to a luxury seaside villa and hear from a woman close to him about the drugs and money he craved. Show more

Intrigue

To Catch a Scorpion

To Catch a Scorpion: 9. A Sting in the Tail

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

The series attracts worldwide publicity and attention falls on how the BBC managed to do what law agencies couldn't: finding and questioning a convicted people smuggler on the run. Show more