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This riveting three-part documentary series is directed by the UK’s Natasha Gaunt, with London-based composer Miguel d'Oliveira providing the series’ soundtrack. Told through compelling first-person testimonies from drug users, producers and traffickers, as well as the law enforcement that tried to outmaneuver them, the violence of Amsterdam’s criminal underworld is engrossingly exposed. Produced by London-based Blast! Films.

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Synopsis

From the 1970s to the early 2000s, Amsterdam quickly transformed from a counter-cultural haven into the drug capital of Europe. With harder drugs following the Dutch government’s initial tolerance of cannabis, organised crime and trafficking escalated as criminal activity quickly began to spiral out of control.