The film starred a former employee of the criminal investigation department Vitaly Anikin, who faced the mafia. Vitaly Anikin, Anikin's brother, Anikin's mother give interviews (synchronously). V. Anikin at work on the watch of one of the factories. Burnt documents of V. Anikin, set on fire by the mafia. The city of Odessa. Lighthouse. Ships in the port. Types of streets, buildings. Video footage: arrest of thimblers on July 23, 1988; task force at the crime scene, a murdered man. Market panorama: stalls, tents, buyers in the market. Chronicle footage: Leonid Brezhnev speaks from the podium, the audience applauds while standing; aircraft landing at the airport. Brezhnev is met by the leadership of Uzbekistan, including Sh. Rashidov. Cartoon diagram of the hierarchy of criminals in the USSR.