The discovery of a corpse in a Hanover waste incineration plant calls Charlotte Lindholm (Maria Furtwängler) onto the scene. She is particularly moved by the fate of the 16-year-old suspected prostitute; who is so ruthless as to just throw a young girl in the trash? A short time later, another girl named Larissa is picked up, who is of crucial help to the police. She was also thrown in the trash, but was able to free herself and survived. In desperation, the young Belarusian reports that the dead woman is her cousin and that both of them, along with eight other girls, have won a modeling competition. The prize was a trip to Hanover, which was to develop into a nightmare for the girls, because they were used as willing toys at a gentleman's evening in Hanoverian society.
Larissa is placed under witness protectionand Charlotte Lindholm is on high pressure: where did the celebration take place, who was involved and what happened to the remaining eight girls? Charlotte Lindholm follows a trail into the red light district of Hanover and is surrounded by a wall of silence. The investigating public prosecutor von Braun (André Hennicke also seems to be involved in these circles. Finally, there are concrete indications of a motorcycle rocker, but he has been swallowed up by the earth. When another attempt on the life of her key witness Larissa takes place, it rolls over The events unfold for Charlotte. The trap she set for the motorcycle rocker suspect seems to snap shut. Charlotte Lindholm manages to arrest him and corner him.
But did she also identify the real perpetrators? This question haunts her despite all the evidence.