four story about the drug trade in europe become intertwine over the course of this 6 part miniseries . in germany a businessman be arrest on drug smuggling charge and and his wife attempt to save her family by continue her husband illegal trade . meanwhile the british home secretary travel to pakistan to negotiate an aid package that he hop will stop the drug flow from that country . even a he do this however his own daughter succumbs to heroin addiction and tear their family apart . this be the miniseries on which the american film and miniseries be base . the original be far superior to it two decendants . the poverty and desperation of the third world be portray very well . it be stark and uncompromising and brutal .