A murder in the milieu of clubs and bouncers confronts the Ludwigshafen inspectors Lena Odenthal and Johanna Stern with dubious connections between private security services and state clients. Club operator Timur Kerala considered himself the rising star in the Ludwigshafen security business. But even before he can beat top dog Gerhard Arentzen from the field, Kerala is murdered. Lena Odenthal and Johanna Stern suspect competition in the milieu. Arentzen is not impressed by the events - because government agencies are outsourcing more and more security tasks to private service providers, he has excellent connections in politics and is unassailable. Which in turn LenaOdenthal is not impressed: When Kerala's ex-wife and her daughter are threatened, Lena Odenthal is determined, against all advice, to convict Arentzen. And that puts you in the line of fire.
The 72nd Lena Odenthal "crime scene" comes from author and director Tom Bohn. In it, he takes a look at private security companies, which in our society are increasingly taking on security tasks for government agencies, but are also criticized because some of them are associated with illegal activities and organized crime. Thure Riefenstein plays the boss of such a company, whose alleged seriousness Lena Odenthal wants to break.