In order to find illegal gold miners who are destroying one of the last pristine rainforests on the planet, The Operatives call in a Bell UH-1H Helicopter to help complete their mission.
Pete Bethune debriefs his team on their next mission: to protect the decreasing population of Costa Rican sea turtles from poachers who use the endangered turtle eggs as aphrodisiacs.
'The Operatives' face their most difficult mission to date - tracking down and exposing shark finners, who hack off the fins of sharks and then throw their still-living bodies back into the sea.
Pete and the team travel to Cocos Island to prosecute illegal shark poachers and protect the large population of hammerhead sharks that thrive in the area's eco-system.