Equipo de investigación Season 12

Equipo de Investigación analyzes the phenomenon of the so-called ghost kitchens, establishments that exclusively prepare food at home, requested through digital platforms. A business model that has had an exponential growth during the pandemic. It has increased as much in these 12 months as in the last 12 years. The program presented by Gloria Serra verifies that it has revolutionized the hospitality sector but also those who live next to the kitchens located in the heart of the cities. What kind of license do the City Councils grant to these industrial facilities? An American company plans to build five kitchen hives in Madrid and Barcelona. Who is behind it?

The bicycle has become one of the most coveted items on the black market. Equipo de Investigación demonstrates this by installing a tracker on a bicycle, which has been parked in the Spanish city where most thefts occur daily, and checks how long it takes to steal it, who steals it and where it ends up. But thieves don't just steal from users. Organized gangs of thieves have swapped jewelry stores for specialized bicycle stores. Demand has grown so much, by 400%, that there are waiting lists of more than 12 months. The program discovers in China that for the first time in history, the world's largest exporter of bicycles is unable to supply the market. A perfect storm that favors the emergence of the black market for bicycles.

Do pesticides reach the fruits and vegetables we eat every day? Research Team' names the foods that contain the most pesticides. An American environmental association has been 17 years preparing a list of the 12 dirtiest foods, the European Commission endorses them, although it ensures that the fruits and vegetables on this list do not exceed the limits of pesticides allowed by the European Union... To what extent are pesticides harmful to our health? Is it possible to produce without using them? Friday, April 30 we highlight A team from the program travels to the Canary Islands. They have been trying for two years to grow bananas without Chlorpyrifos, the most widely used pesticide. The experiment has been really beneficial. But this ban has caused the average cost of Spanish bananas to increase by 92%. The latest pesticide ban affects Galician potatoes. Farmers claim that Chlorpropham prevents the potato from germinating and this will cause shortages for two months.

"Equipo de investigación'" tells the amazing story of 'La falsa hija del rey', a recidivist swindler who has deceived more than 100 families all over Spain. Ana María Bea has nothing to do with the royal house, she is from Navarre and is wheelchair-bound due to a meningitis she suffered as a child. But this is not the only identity used by this fraudster throughout two decades, she has also pretended to be a rich heiress of a winery. The false daughter of the king also claims to have been raised by the Franco family, offers bank houses at ridiculous prices. There are families totally ruined, she was given more than 500,000 euros to invest in properties. When she and her organization are about to flee, the civil guard arrests her in her villa in Guardamar surrounded by her dogs of prey. They find her jewelry and more than 50,000 euros in cash. 'Equipo de investigación' has talked to this professional swindler.

One of the most dangerous fugitives in Europe, nicknamed 'Igor the Russian', is the protagonist this Friday of 'Equipo de Investigación'. The week he is on trial for killing two civil guards and a young farmer in Teruel, the program presented by Gloria Serra follows the trail of the confessed murderer, who, in reality, neither comes from Russia nor is called Igor. He is a Serbian criminal who has used up to 23 false identities in 8 different countries. When he took refuge in Spain, he was the subject of 7 international search and arrest warrants. He had killed a policeman and a bar owner in Italy. Were the Spanish security forces alerted? Could the triple murder have been avoided? Only nine days earlier, he had shot to death two neighbors in a nearby village, leaving them badly wounded.

'Equipo de Investigación' discovers that the illegal trafficking of puppies is the dark business behind some pet stores. In the report 'Amores perros', the program verifies that many animals are sold from the same establishments associated with veterinary clinics, located in the province of Toledo, why? Individuals and veterinarians from all over Spain denounce that they receive sick dogs, which die a few days after being bought in these stores. Who are the people responsible for them? Where are the breeders? The reporters of 'Equipo de investigación' show that the growing demand for certain breeds and the ease of uncontrolled trade over the Internet has led to the massive importation of puppies from Eastern countries. The mafias take advantage of the legal vacuum existing in countries such as Slovakia or Hungary to breed dogs in terrible conditions and offer them at a very cheap cost. They travel overcrowded in trucks, unvaccinated and with false documentation.