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Intelligence again, asking for more information. Intelligence agree to set up a meeting between her and Imran Aziz's handler. Ray discovers an address of
Tranter's, and finds a videotape of Hunter having sex with an underage girl. Ray sets a trap for Hunter, and lies to him by saying that Intelligence were stopping her from investigating. Soon after, Ray is sent a mysterious text, purportedly from Aziz's handler, offering to meet. At the meeting is Hunter, not the handler. He admits to working for Tranter, and says that Tranter used the tape to blackmail him. Tranter, assisted by Hunter, tries to kidnap Ray. They are stopped, however, when the police show up, having been summoned by Ray. Despite their arrest and successfully solving the murders, Ray is informed that she will be suspended and investigated for Hunter's actions, and he says that Ray was not ready to take on such a high-profile case. Henderson tells Ray that she disagrees with this, and that Ray was ready after all.
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victims they found were promised work in the UK, but in reality were to be kept as slaves. Ray talks to the girlfriend of Anjuli's killer, who doesn't tell her much. Ray is then called to
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