The film follows reporter Michel on a worldwide search to uncover illegal trade of great apes. In the Congo he finds a dead bonobo mother who got killed because poachers wanted her baby. In order to expose the traffickers Michel pretends to be a buyer and secretly films the trade. In his quest to find out more about the international criminal networks he shows the demand in countries like China, USA, UAE and Thailand, speaks to whistleblowers and confronts official on their lack of action.