Blindspot Berlin

Germany, 2015: The Islamic State is recruiting fighters for the Syrian civil war through Salafist networks. To get close to the hate preachers who are radicalizing young men, Laudin, a state security officer in North Rhine-Westphalia, plants an informant in the IS milieu: Murat Cem, a former criminal who is paid for his risky services. Murat meets a young man whom he considers the ideal candidate for a future attacker: Anis Amri, an unstable loner prone to violence. Young police officer Isra Al-Husseini—who herself fled Iraq with her family—follows up on Cem’s leads. But BKA investigator Heyse considers Amri a small-time player.