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Damn, it's my jacket.

Hold this for a second.

Give here.

Is this some kind of joke?

Well done.

F***ing hell! Lahbib,

look at that arse, brother.

I swear on my mother's head,

I'm going to marry that girl!

Lahbib, she's over there, look!

She looked at me, I'm in love.

I'm in love, damn it. Lahbib!

Look at her. I'll seduce her, brother.

Lahbib.

Did you have something to do with

Patrick being beaten up?

He's in hospital

and has lost a testicle.

Are there any witnesses?

Nobody, right?

Listen to me, you bastard.

I believed in you

because I thought you could change.

Not one cop has forgotten what you did.

But I knew you weren't an idiot.

I thought you would walk the line.

But the hard part is staying

on the line, sticking with it.

Who do you think you are?

Do you think we respect you

because you grew up with us?

No one trusts you. Do you know why?

Because you are a cop.

That's why no one talks to you.

If you think we respect you

you're naive.

As for that paedophile who lost a nut...

No one's bothered.

What do you know about him?

Got any proof? Something real?

You have nothing.

You just have rumours.

So maybe you just maimed someone

for nothing.

Can I carry on eating, please?

- We'll meet again.

- As you wish.

Here.

- What is it?

- It's something I recorded.

- Is this our last interview?

- Yes.

Eva, you film me.

I'm from this neighbourhood.

But at the end of the day

you return to your nice home in Ghent.

When your documentary is finished,

you'll never come back.

But that's no big deal.

OK.

I only have one question.

What's your strongest childhood memory?

I never chose this life.

But I had my little brothers.

But no one else. No family, no parents.

How were we going to survive?

So we worked for a bigger guy.

You do what he tells you.

You're not scared of the cops.

You're scared of the bigger guys.

I sold sh*t, drugs, even guns.

It's easy.

You get a package, an address.

You deliver the package.

You get the money.

Quickly and efficiently, like DHL.

One day, everything turned bad.

I had to get a delivery from a guy

but he had disappeared.

My boss thought he was my pal.

But I didn't know the guy.

They beat me to find out where he was.

One day they found him.

They held him up in front of me,

his face beaten to a pulp.

They gave me a gun.

I took aim.

I closed my eyes.

And bang!

But I'm sure I didn't kill him.

He was still screaming when he was dragged

into the other room. But then...

The noise stopped.

But they were clever.

They had my prints on the gun.

So I couldn't go to the cops.

I can't use this, Lahbib.

Otherwise you'll get into trouble.

Lahbib Farraji, a typical

hardened criminal from Molenbeek.

A hard man who is both feared

and respected.

An anti-hero

who lives according to his own values.

And who doesn't hesitate

to enforce them.

In this world

there is only one question.

If you do the wrong thing for

the right reason, is that a good deed?

- Hello?

- I saw your documentary.

- Oh?

- Eva, it's... explosive.

Congratulations, honestly.

- Thank you.

- Sorry I woke you up.

- I just wanted to tell you.

- That's OK.

This is a game changer.

Has anyone else seen it yet?

- No.

- Keep it that way.

We're going all out with this story.

Everyone has to see it.

Is the rest of your footage on the server?

- Yes.

- Great.

- So tell me, this young guy...

- Lahbib?

What a great character! Amazing.

- What's the suit for?

- For the premiere on Saturday.

- Oh right... I don't think I'm coming.

- You have to.

- Eva, that's your world. Not mine.

- All the more reason.

- I don't have a coat for a suit.

- It's OK, your normal jacket is perfect.

Stop messing about.

I can't wear that jacket.

No, really, it's excellent. Perfect.

OK, where is it?

Can you open the door?

I'll miss my train.

This is not a stop.

It's a red light.

- Go on.

- No.

Go to hell.

Superlatives are not

out of place tonight.

This documentary shows we set the

benchmark for investigative journalism.

No one goes as far as we do.

Afterwards there will be time

for questions, and a surprise.

Enjoy it.

Lahbib Farraji had a reputation for being

one of Brussels' most hardened criminals.

He was repeatedly arrested

for drug dealing.

Eva, you're late...

But it's good you're here.

We'll have to be quiet,

it's already started. Come on.

- What's happened? What did you do?

- I'll explain upstairs.

Come on.

Come on.

What was that about?

Eva...

Don't make a scene.

What did you do to my documentary?

I just improved your documentary.

Put the Herman Verbeeck stamp on it.

That's all.

You're stealing my work.

Stealing your work...

You work for me.

Your scoops are my scoops.

- Do you know how much effort I put into it?

- That's not the point.

- It is the point.

- No.

You had lost your objectivity.

You couldn't step back from your subject.

The image you created of that guy...

It was just...

You left out a lot of good footage.

His confession, for instance.

That he shot a guy.

- You can't not use that.

- I promised I wouldn't.

Well, I did use it.

It's in there now.

I took aim. I closed my eyes.

And bang.

Eva...

Come on, you've still got

your whole career...

In the end...

...you're just like me.

Hello, Eva?

I'm there, where are you?

Hello, Eva. Are you OK?

Eva?

Hello?

Eva? What's the matter?

Calm down, please.

Lahbib?

- Lahbib, you...

- Calm down, tell me what's the matter.

- Eva?

- You have to help me.

I'm upstairs. Come up here. Quickly.

The world of television is shocked by

the brutal murder of Herman Verbeeck.

Herman Verbeeck, murdered.

The murder of Herman Verbeeck.

Premeditated murder.

The Public Prosecutor...

The man suspected of the murder of Herman

Verbeeck is of Moroccan extraction.

Lahbib Farraji.

Farraji has a criminal record.

Hardened criminal Lahbib Farraji has

numerous convictions for violence.

A journalist is missing,

has disappeared without trace.

Eva Hendrickx.

It's feared she has been abducted

by Lahbib Farraji.

Suspected of Herman Verbeeck's murder.

Footage shows Farraji

beating up a man.

Farraji spent three years in prison.

...dangerous...

...notorious criminals.

Lahbib Farraji hated

popular TV presenter Herman Verbeeck.

We should get rid of your boss.

Journalist Eva Hendrickx has been

kidnapped by Lahbib Farraji.

Here we can see suspected murderer Farraji

with the journalist.

It is not known if Hendrickx was

abducted or was an accomplice.

Has Hendricks been brainwashed

by the criminal?

The Public Prosecutor has looked at

footage from Verbeeck's last documentary.

...has not released it yet.

The channel is in negotiations

to show it.

The whole country is waiting impatiently

for the documentary.

It's been six months since we had

to say goodbye to a TV legend.

We are about to show you the long

awaited documentary on Lahbib Farraji.

A unique portrait of the murderer of

presenter Herman Verbeeck.

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