Following the murder of two under-age foreign boys, Commissioner Beck investigates a child pornography ring which uses the Internet as a recruitment agency for paedophiles.
When a Russian woman is found murdered, Beck picks up the case. When clues lead him to believe that the Russian intelligence service is behind the murder, the intelligence service take the case over, but Beck continues with his own investigation.
During a raid on a narcotics smuggling gang, the driver is shot dead. When it appears that the driver is Beck's son, Beck breaks down and removes himself from the case, but returns upon his colleagues' request.
A serial killer who cuts out the eyes of his victims keeps Beck on tenterhooks. When he finds out that the killer is taking revenge on former classmates, he commissions his assistant to protect a possible victim.
Beck and his colleagues track a smuggling ring that uses refugees hoping for a new start in Sweden.
After a suitcase is left outside a police station in Stockholm, the bomb squad detonate it, but get a nasty surprise when they discover that a baby was hidden inside it.
Gösta Ekman
Martin Beck
Kjell Bergqvist
Lennart Kollberg
Rolf Lassgård
Gunvald Larsson
Peter Haber
Niklas Hjulström
Benny Skacke