里约是一个热爱生命的城市,但死亡和暴力却总与之行影相随.琳达•肯逖医生和他的丈夫知道住在里约的危险.但当灾难降临在他们身上时,他们没有任何准备.他们的未成年的儿子斯蒂法诺被人绑架了.有人认为他被藏在无法进入的迷宫一般的贫民窟的某个地方.琳达•肯逖即不能指望警察的帮助又不能指望她的丈夫,因为她的丈夫在一场车祸中严重受伤.她不得已向摄影记者本尼迪图请求帮助.本尼迪图的线人最终帮他们找到了绑架者的藏身地,但那让人诧异的结局使琳达明白任何人都不能相信,世上没有免费的午餐

Alberto and Linda Conti have moved to Brazil for two years with their nine year old son Stefano, where Alberto has a job as an engineer. In the secluded world of foreigners, the family adapts speedily until Stefano suddenly disappears. Following the lead of their passion for adventure, he and a friend end up with a group of street kids and cross the path of the "death squadron". To their horror, Alberto and Linda discover that Stefano has been caught by the organic mafia, who kidnap streetkids and sell them for their organs. Out of her mind with worry, the usually calm Linda turns into an ice-cold fighter. She believes to have found a fighting partner in the surgeon Dr. Toelz, a friend's husband. She soon finds out, however, that Toeolz is deeply involved in the illegal trade and is in contact with the men who are holding her son. Linda is determined to save her son at any price and will do everything necessary to realize this goal...

El hijo de una doctora es secuestrado en la ciudad de Río de Janeiro. Cuando consiguen reunir el dinero del rescate, descubren que va a parar a manos de un par de oportunistas que no tienen al niño. Los verdaderos secuestradores no se ponen en contacto con la madre, por lo que ésta pide la ayuda de un periodista para seguir la pista infiltrándose en el interior de una chabola. Juntos descubrirán el macabro motivo del delito...