Berlin. Interpol investigator Lewis Salinger and Manhattan District Attorney's assistant Eleanor Whitman are investigating the crimes of a major international bank. Lewis witnesses the death of his partner after a meeting with a potential witness, but the autopsy and Lewis's superiors claim it was a heart attack. Salinger loses faith in the system and decides to interrogate the bank's director in Luxembourg on his own, but only his lawyer shows up for the meeting. Lewis and Eleanor secretly travel to Milan to meet with Umberto Calvini, a politician and arms dealer, but he is also murdered.